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It's interesting, because they really need to pick a city that won't have trouble attracting software developers. Some large companies (like Epic) have trouble
by blaisio 9y ago
It's interesting, because they really need to pick a city that won't have trouble attracting software developers. Some large companies (like Epic) have trouble recruiting and have to pay people way more because they're so far away from normal tech hubs.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 9y agoI think Epic also has trouble recruiting because they work on an outdated stack using an arcane (and often counterintuitive) programming language for an industry that is itself probably a few decades late to any tech (probably for good reason, but the point stands).
- santaclaus 9y ago> Epic The health software company or the peeps who make Unreal?
- sidlls 9y agoEpic doesn't pay very well even for the area. Their problem isn't just location, it's reputation: terrible technology, terrible working conditions, and a possibly dated reputation for a proclivity to hire junior devs and chew them up in a way that would make a AAA game studio envious. They continue along because, like most other places that aren't major tech hubs like SF, Seattle, NY, or Chicago, software developers who decide to settle there simply don't have many alternatives.