I'm Italian, currently living in Paris. I have worked in small and large companies (even startup) all over Europe and I hear what the British VC says. I totally

I'm Italian, currently living in Paris. I have worked in small and large companies (even startup) all over Europe and I hear what the British VC says. I totally feel that in Europe personal life is way more important that the professional one and most of the people doing tech work are not passionate about it. Europe working culture is very much about "how many days of holidays I have left", bittered employees and clueless managers.