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Not that I have any real comparison but I feel like our tech scene is pretty weak. While there are jobs, and companies, they are mostly monolithic fortune 500
by cozuya 11y ago
Not that I have any real comparison but I feel like our tech scene is pretty weak. While there are jobs, and companies, they are mostly monolithic fortune 500 dinosaurs. Who in tech wants to work for General Mills?
- jtbigwoo 11y agoI agree and disagree. On the one hand, General Mills, Wells Fargo, and Target are never going to be as cutting-edge as Google. On the other hand, most jobs at Google aren't cutting-edge, either. The two guys I know at Google are doing stuff that's not that much different than your average line-of-business programmer. I'd say availability of tech jobs in the "sort of interesting" category is great in MSP, but the truly amazing jobs are still rare.
- DIVx0 11y agoSome of the mega corps do have some really cool work going on. It's not all rank-and-file development, I'm not even talking about R&D. The cities are fairly small compared to other larger midwest cities and if you have a decent reputation as someone who can deliver code or pick up good work there is plenty of opportunity to shine very brightly at a large org and have your pick of projects to tackle. Fortune 500 aside, there are a lot of smaller startups in the cities. They mostly focus on creating products aimed at the health insurance industry though, which in my experience is fairly dull work.