You&#x27;re assuming that everyone with a bachelor or master in CS can just walk into FaceGooSoft after reading &quot;cracking the coding interview&quot;.<p>That is not true.<p>The false-negative rate at FaceGooSoft is very high, they have a revolving door of candidates, that is why they can afford it.<p>I am interviewing people for IT-jobs for over a year now and I met many engineers that are Google-material but did not make it into a tier-1 firm for some reason (they where scared-off by annoying recruiters, where asked unlucky questions at interviews, did not even try or even want to make it in there).<p>Hence, they have to work at mediocre companies and life at mediocre companies is better in Switzerland than in the US, I believe.