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The tech industry needs to be more global, why is it, that we build global communities on the internet, take pride of them, yet, we cannot make it work if we're
by igorgue 11y ago
The tech industry needs to be more global, why is it, that we build global communities on the internet, take pride of them, yet, we cannot make it work if we're more than 100 cm away from each other.
- gdilla 11y agoPeople keep asking this, along with why people love the bay area with it's high cost of living. It has to be obvious that a great swath of people are willing to pay high rent/housing costs to have access to: lots of sunshine, bright people everywhere, top notch arts, culture, food scenes, good universities. And that should be enough of an answer. Silicon Valley isn't more international because they don't have to be.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoYet there are so many other places with almost all of that. And not the high cost of living.
- gdilla 11y agowell, i forgot the most important part: be in a cluster of a jobs, opportunity and entrepreneurship. Where else is going to match all that? Taken together, NorCal leads the world in spades,
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoI've worked for Silicon Valley startups all my life. From Iowa. Remotely.
- gdilla 11y agoSure. But you live in Iowa. You may like it, but many people don't. It's great that it works for you. As a visible minority, I wouldn't be too comfortable myself in any of the flyover states. The lack of diversity and general ignorance (But where are you FROM?) is not worth $200/month rent to me.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoI live in Iowa City (well, near it). Its got the University of Iowa, with a population of faculty, staff and students from 100 countries. Its hard to stand out here. And in the top 10 cities in America for PhD's per-capita. But thanks for the vote of confidence! Joe Flyover
- gdilla 11y agoPer capita. That's great. I went to school in a place similar to that (Waterloo). Extremely diverse, smart people abound, blah blah. Still once you move on from campus life, it's about as boring and whitewashed as one would expect. There's cool stuff going on, but it's like 1 or 2 things. Not many. The stimulation dies off. fast.