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0 pointshermitcrab1y ago0 comments

It is significantly worse the most pundits predicted.

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I would do a quick google search of Brexit news articles with the year 2016.

I was living in the UK at a time. Nobody worth listening to was predicting war or famine.

So you agree that there was a large amount of hyperbole which was intended to create fear but not constructed in good faith?

that’s what I would conclude from “it exists but wasn’t taken seriously”

hermitcrabOP1y ago

No.

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coldtea1y ago

Not tied to failing and increasingly irrelevant EU?

What is significantly worse, is the governing clases continuing the same pre-Brexit policies and deals post-Brexit, to nullify it.

redserk1y ago

The UK is becoming a destination country for hiring low-cost services labor. Not exactly an endorsement of future success.

grandempire1y ago

Low cost compared to what? California and New York? That’s also true of many states where finance and tech companies have smaller offices.

hn_throwaway_991y ago

I live in Texas and contract for a company based in Europe. Comparable UK software engineering salaries are about 1/3-1/2 of what my salary expectations are.

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grandempire1y ago

I would do a quick google search of Brexit news articles with the year 2016.

hermitcrabOP1y ago

I was living in the UK at a time. Nobody worth listening to was predicting war or famine.

grandempire1y ago

So you agree that there was a large amount of hyperbole which was intended to create fear but not constructed in good faith?

that’s what I would conclude from “it exists but wasn’t taken seriously”

hermitcrabOP1y ago

No.

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coldtea1y ago

Not tied to failing and increasingly irrelevant EU?

What is significantly worse, is the governing clases continuing the same pre-Brexit policies and deals post-Brexit, to nullify it.

redserk1y ago

The UK is becoming a destination country for hiring low-cost services labor. Not exactly an endorsement of future success.

grandempire1y ago

Low cost compared to what? California and New York? That’s also true of many states where finance and tech companies have smaller offices.

hn_throwaway_991y ago

I live in Texas and contract for a company based in Europe. Comparable UK software engineering salaries are about 1/3-1/2 of what my salary expectations are.

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