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The author has ignored the fact that most companies founded or run by by non-technical people don't usually do that well. (citation needed) At the very least,
by tewks 16y ago
The author has ignored the fact that most companies founded or run by by non-technical people don't usually do that well. (citation needed) At the very least, a company run by a non-technical person is oftentimes not a terribly exciting prospect for a hacker.
- nir 16y agoIt's not really a lack of dev talent in NYC, rather a surplus of founders. There are many committed and hardworking founders in NYC, but there's also an NYC phenomenon of the startup-as-country-club, where people with spare cash/time go into start ups mostly for the social aspect.
- lsemel 16y agoAgreed - there are loads of former banker types, or rich wives of financiers, who decide starting a startup is cool, and go try to hire an engineer for 2% equity and treat them poorly. Their "startups" are often some kind of online magazine where the main technical challenge is themeing Drupal.