Software engineers were a simple example of the conflation point. Those who left and those who’re the brightest aren’t the same group.
Among my peers most left, even the ones that used to be relatively pro Puilo for whatever reasons.
How does your alumni status’ anecdotal evidence bring clarity on the matter of the predominant intellectual capacity of those who’re leaving Russia? Aren’t there any other MSU graduates who consider themselves as bright as your CS peers and yourself, and who are staying in? What’s the respective left/stayed ratio among them?
Prior to the war maybe slightly under 50% stayed. Now it is under 10%.
Just to clarify your point, are you suggesting that only 10% of MSU gradutes are staying in Russia after receiving their respective degrees, or are these the numbers among specific people with specific degrees you know personally?
However, the same trend was also quite visible on the university-wide alumni forum.