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Visa availability is not the magic ingredient to replicate Sillicon Valley. High wages and high concentration of talent are. What would entice an Indian or East

by ng12 9y ago

Visa availability is not the magic ingredient to replicate Sillicon Valley. High wages and high concentration of talent are. What would entice an Indian or Eastern European developer to move to Mexico?

mc32 9y ago
Beaches and a relaxed pace of life, not unlike that of the Balearic coast instead of aggressive dog eat dog of SV culture? It is different but some people might like the more relaxed atmos.
- trevyn 9y ago
  Interestingly, beaches are inversely correlated with economic activity. See http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v527/n7577/full/nature15725.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v527/n7577/full/nature1... Optimal average temperature for economic activity is 13 C, San Francisco average is 14 C.
  - davidf18 9y ago
    The article does not mention Israel which is very hot, and yet is very high on economic activity. Tel Aviv has beautiful beaches, a great cafe scene, and lots of hi-tech economic activity both from startups and established firms. Intel (with 10,000 employees), IBM, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Apple, Oracle, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Siemens have divisions in Israel. Israel is the world's leading exporter of drones.
- thrav 9y ago
  What if the aggressive dog eat dog culture is what sparks innovation? What if having amazing beaches and hardly any need for cash is a recipe for underachievement? People have options. If they choose the valley, they're choosing it for a reason. It's already easy enough to find remote work as a talented programmer and live wherever you want. If that's you priority, you do that. If you want the competition and the buzz and the drive, you go where the people with those shared values are concentrated (NY or SF). Where you have to either bust your ass or risk ending up on the street like the people you see on Market every day. This propels you forward at a rate that is difficult to replicate elsewhere.
- splintercell 9y ago
  > Beaches and a relaxed pace of life Dunno anyone from India who gets excited by the idea of beaches and relaxed pace of life. If anything then these places are ALL about relaxed pace of life. Maybe to Eastern Europeans beaches might be enticing, but definitely not to the Indians.
tapatio 9y ago
You have obviously never been to India. The smell.
- tapatio 9y ago
  Not sure why people down vote. Read all about it here: https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/2013/10/27/smells-india/ https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/2013/10/27/smells-india/

by ng12 9y ago

mc32 9y ago

Beaches and a relaxed pace of life, not unlike that of the Balearic coast instead of aggressive dog eat dog of SV culture? It is different but some people might like the more relaxed atmos.

trevyn 9y ago
Interestingly, beaches are inversely correlated with economic activity. See http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v527/n7577/full/nature15725.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v527/n7577/full/nature1... Optimal average temperature for economic activity is 13 C, San Francisco average is 14 C.
- davidf18 9y ago
  The article does not mention Israel which is very hot, and yet is very high on economic activity. Tel Aviv has beautiful beaches, a great cafe scene, and lots of hi-tech economic activity both from startups and established firms. Intel (with 10,000 employees), IBM, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Apple, Oracle, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Siemens have divisions in Israel. Israel is the world's leading exporter of drones.
thrav 9y ago
What if the aggressive dog eat dog culture is what sparks innovation? What if having amazing beaches and hardly any need for cash is a recipe for underachievement? People have options. If they choose the valley, they're choosing it for a reason. It's already easy enough to find remote work as a talented programmer and live wherever you want. If that's you priority, you do that. If you want the competition and the buzz and the drive, you go where the people with those shared values are concentrated (NY or SF). Where you have to either bust your ass or risk ending up on the street like the people you see on Market every day. This propels you forward at a rate that is difficult to replicate elsewhere.
splintercell 9y ago
> Beaches and a relaxed pace of life Dunno anyone from India who gets excited by the idea of beaches and relaxed pace of life. If anything then these places are ALL about relaxed pace of life. Maybe to Eastern Europeans beaches might be enticing, but definitely not to the Indians.

tapatio 9y ago

You have obviously never been to India. The smell.

tapatio 9y ago
Not sure why people down vote. Read all about it here: https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/2013/10/27/smells-india/ https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/2013/10/27/smells-india/