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That is only one of many factors involved. We are talking about communities. When a big new software innovation comes out people have meetups and talk things
by m0llusk 10y ago
That is only one of many factors involved. We are talking about communities. When a big new software innovation comes out people have meetups and talk things over. That doesn't work with a highly distributed workforce. No matter what employers do the same forces will be at work concentrating high end labor.
- douche 10y agoMost people aren't really high-end labor. If you're building a website or a glorified CRUD app or the vast majority of enterprise drudgery, you can do that from anywhere; sitting cheek by jowl with your coworker is not really any better than having an XMPP or Skype channel, and tens, hundreds, even thousands of miles between you. We used to talk about things here, on the internet. We're doing it right now, in fact. I've had far more stimulating discussions with people here, and other places on the web, where you can draw people not just from one provincial area, but from the whole world.
- ghaff 10y agoI don't disagree that there's value to physical concentration and face to face. But not every talented engineer (and associated financial/business/etc. people) can live in Silicon Valley or wants to. It's a constraint. Yes, there are concentrating forces but, as an industry, we need to live with the fact that there are countervailing forces. Distribution, even if its not absolute, is the reality.
- sjg007 10y agoMeh, you can travel for a conference or to the city for the meetup. No different than now.