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by 908B64B197 1471 days ago
> I worked at a company that provides “real-time transit data feeds for journey planners”, to quote the marketing literature. The company’s publicly mentioned customers include Google and Microsoft.

So they aren't outsourcing dev work, they are basically buying access to the data feed.

> And perhaps also because dev salaries in the UK are so much lower.

Not for SV caliber talent.

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That’s interesting to hear. If someone who’s just graduated from a top UK compsci course asks me for advice, where should I recommend they apply to get a starting salary >£100k?