tldr; he moved to SF because salaries are much, much higher than in France, even considering the social benefits that you get in France.
Other threads on HN have French engineers saying that they love living in France while working remotely for American companies.
I've lived in Paris, Berlin, NYC and California. I'll never understand how European founders can keep saying that 40k euro salaries for engineers is a benefit while they watch so many great engineers leave to American companies.
Here's an article from a French engineer that is currently on the front page of HN: https://web.archive.org/web/20180925150228/https://florentcr...
tldr; he moved to SF because salaries are much, much higher than in France, even considering the social benefits that you get in France.
Other threads on HN have French engineers saying that they love living in France while working remotely for American companies.
I've lived in Paris, Berlin, NYC and California. I'll never understand how European founders can keep saying that 40k euro salaries for engineers is a benefit while they watch so many great engineers leave to American companies.