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Bay Area is probably not a good metric because that would include Napa, Sonoma, etc. where you are more likely to find a farmer or a sommelier than a programmer
by smb06 10y ago
Bay Area is probably not a good metric because that would include Napa, Sonoma, etc. where you are more likely to find a farmer or a sommelier than a programmer.
Silicon Valley as a measure - 1% of the country's population but 10% of its programmers. So, 10x the national average of programmers.
- addled 10y agoHey, a new definition of a "10x programmer”.
- felisml 10y agoMore are urban than non-urban, so the national average isn't a particularly useful number either. Here's a relevant page by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If you scroll down a bit past the state-level charts, they start showing metropolitan areas. "San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara" has a fairly good compromise between volume and density, but it's not at the top of either chart. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151131.htm#st http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151131.htm#st
- WWLink 10y agoHehe, silicon valley people usually forget about the east/north bay and pretty much anything north of the bay bridge or hayward bridge.
- smb06 10y agoI live in San Francisco and trust me, the feeling is mutual.
- euyyn 10y agoBut then you're overestimating, as many many programmers of Silicone Valley don't live in the valley itself.