Having a job doesn’t mean much if you can’t get to your job. Owning a car is expensive even after you’ve paid off the initial cost. Public transit may be more accommodating to lower income tiers, but it isn’t always available in every city.

So it’s not that the Europeans know something we don’t

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I'm guessing Network and Information Security will be #1 next year.

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I'm a hiring manager for a mid-size, well-known tech company. I would find this a little weird/annoying.

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This is the exact same strategy making the rounds in entrepreneurial circles in starting a business with no idea, no money, and no coding ability.

People watch Netflix on their computers?

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I'm also not big on the soap - I only use it when I'm visibly dirty.

I read your first paragraphs, and thought that could also be applied to FLAC junkies bent on destroying MP3's, or PC gamers.