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Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
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All the comments and stories posted to Hacker News that reference this book.> Out of 9 million population, only 200k work in Hi-TechPer available data, that is 321,000 employees, comprising 9.2% of the overall workforce. That is a very high portion, higher even than here in the US, where only 7.7% are tech workers.
https://nocamels.com/2020/02/israeli-high-tech-industry-grow...
> Half of the jews chose not to live in Israel. The educated half.
It's very clear that you have a blatant anti-Israeli agenda. Still important to point out that contrary to your biased, counterfactual claims, Israeli Jews are no less educated or talented than others, based on the actual facts of the Israeli technology industry and its economic achievements:
https://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Mira...
The moniker "Startup Nation" owe's a lot to the eponymous book: https://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Mira... It's a great read.Speaking from personal experience, Israel is the only place on earth with a startup ecosystem comparable to the Valley.
⬐ shrewduserhave you personally experienced every country?⬐ lsc>Speaking from personal experience, Israel is the only place on earth with a startup ecosystem comparable to the Valley.Hm. So, I guess when I was starting my company, the ability to make a lot of money myself made a huge difference; I was able to turn that money into a company... (Now, of course, I understand this isn't what most people do, and after doing it myself, I understand why most people don't do it that way. This isn't how I'm going to start my next company, if I ever start a company again.)
The problem with Israel, (in my experience, which is approaching a decade old) is just that the pay there was very dramatically less, to the point where, yeah, if I had money, I might want to start a company there, sure, but I couldn't do what I did in silicon valley; I couldn't use my own labor to bootstrap the capital required to start a company, because my labor would be worth a small fraction of what it's worth in silicon valley.
A plug for "Start-up Nation" is mandatory, would be useful for anyone who wants a little deeper exploration of the topic: http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Mirac...