[henson]

I recently wrote an article comparing London to San Francisco from a tech standpoint: http://jh47.com/2016/03/01/london-vs-san-francisco/

I currently work as a contractor based in London for a company in SV, but I totally agree with what's said here in that it's a matter of differing viewpoints. There's an inherent stinginess here on the whole, a disparagingly utilitarian viewpoint that software engineers are just "IT guys" - technicians who maintain the digital plumbing. There was a lot of pressure coming out of university to go into finance.

But on the other hand - there is a lot of hot air and shaky foundations out in SV, a lot of money changing hands that is likely to dissipate when confidence is lost in the ecosystem. One could argue that while devs here are paid too little, devs there are paid too much - relatively speaking.