This applies to the US as well, but probably not as severely since software engineers aren't as underpaid in the US. I presume the US wouldn't have as strong a

This applies to the US as well, but probably not as severely since software engineers aren't as underpaid in the US. I presume the US wouldn't have as strong a class system as the UK. There's a bit in Mad Men, where the British character (Lane Pryce) complains to his wife that "I've been here over a year and no-one's asked me what university I went to!"