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"Did you know it was possible to outfit an open-plan office with Ikea desks -- in the midwest? TIL." This reads like a parody until it inexplicably turns out n
by Lagged2Death 10y ago
"Did you know it was possible to outfit an open-plan office with Ikea desks -- in the midwest? TIL."
This reads like a parody until it inexplicably turns out not to be.
Columbus and Ann Arbor both have big, important universities smack in the middle of town, and the demographics and culture that go with that. If you were choosing the least-surprising towns outside of the Bay Area and NYC to find software startups in, those would pretty much have to be on your list.
- wgyn 10y agoI find it kind of strange that there's no mention of the university in Urbana/Champaign.
- joezydeco 10y agoUIUC is a basket case when it comes to incubation and crossover into the industry. And I say this as an alumnus.
- jessaustin 10y agoThe location is the reason, right? Not really close to Chicago, Indianapolis, or St. Louis.
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- AcerbicZero 10y agoHaving recently abandoned the Columbus area, I can safely say the Midwest has a long way to go in the culture department. Even relatively new startups in that area tend to adopt the conservative workplace culture that the old guard is still addicted to.
- amyjess 10y agoHonestly, that sounds like a good thing to me. I find SV startup culture to be degenerate, but it does sound nice to have a large amount of job opportunity in tech industries around. Putting a large tech investment in a region that values conservative workplace culture honestly sounds perfect to me. I like my cube farm :)
- shostack 10y agoIt is a double edged sword. Sure there are companies that abuse say...unlimited vacation (not all do),but I could never go back to the standard two weeks that most Midwest companies do. There's also worse treatment in many ways for employees since there simply aren't as many good job options, or options period in some cases. Companies take advantage of this accordingly.