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by amsnl 1467 days ago
In my experience EU (particularly NL/FR/DE) engineers have a very different understanding of the level of effort work should entail, and general work/life balance. Perhaps it has something to do with the different level of social “safety net” or just chalk it up to culture.
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nsotelo 1467 days ago
As a European I work hard but do expect labour laws to be respected, if that's what you mean. Minimum of 22 days annual vacation (that I use 100% of), paid sick leave, 14 national holidays per year, etc.
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2143 1467 days ago
> In my experience EU (particularly NL/FR/DE) engineers have a very different understanding of the level of effort work should entail

Could you elaborate on this?

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amsnl 1465 days ago
US startup folks seem to think they should work quite a bit harder in terms of time and more importantly in terms of intensity. EU folks seem to think the intensity should be lower.

My limited experience suggests intensity loosely correlates with success, but is dominated by chance.

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