It runs a little deeper than faster internet access. Missouri and Kansas seem to share the same 2 problems - bad public schools (especially in MO) and mediocre

It runs a little deeper than faster internet access. Missouri and Kansas seem to share the same 2 problems - bad public schools (especially in MO) and mediocre computer science programs. I'm a remote employee (but used to live here) for a small tech company in the KC area. One thing that stands out is that it's unbelievably hard to find half-decent interns from surrounding schools. We still attend career fairs but have pretty much given up on local universities. My boss basically uses his free time to scavenge High Schools for potential candidates. We've had luck with 2 kids so far and both have moved on to ivy-league schools to pursue CS after interning with us. I can almost guarantee you that neither of them is going to come back to the area and I wouldn't blame them.