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> If this is indeed a factor, one of the things we collectively as part of the tech industry can do, is to intentionally spread ourselves away from SF, into oth
by duderific 9y ago
> If this is indeed a factor, one of the things we collectively as part of the tech industry can do, is to intentionally spread ourselves away from SF, into other areas of the bay area.
Trouble is, the hot young talent often want to live right in SF and walk/bike to work. So it becomes hard to recruit successfully if your company does not have an office in SF, and you are not Apple, Facebook or Google. My company is in Redwood City (about 30 minutes south of SF) and we experience this problem.
- godot 9y agoA lot of my peers around my age (mid thirties) have been actively moving out of SF specifically. I think it might be a matter of targeting the right pool of candidates to look at.
- mahyarm 9y agoPeople in their mid thirties don't want to work at startup lottery anymore. And not many south bay startups are offering something materially different than working at google. They have done the math and realized that %99 of the time even with an exit, they will make more at google.
- souprock 9y agoIf you want to walk/bike to work, why would SF be your choice? About the only good thing is temperature. The hills... OMG the hills. It's also a decent-sized city, so not safe to be exposed to crime like that. One needs a car, not that there is parking. There are apartments in Redwood City. Get one, and the walk/bike experience should at least beat SF. I may be wrong, but the place seems flatter at least. I'm out in Indialantic, FL. It's hot but flat, and houses near work are affordable. I walk 0.9 miles to work, and that's only because I wanted a 4-bedroom on almost half an acre. Maybe the problem is the desire you have for "young". That ought not be a job requirement. If all the young want to live in SF, you can still hire old people.