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Minneapolis would definitely be a great choice. For those that don't know Minneapolis like the parent commenter and I do: - Amazon already has an engineering
by jamesmishra 9y ago
Minneapolis would definitely be a great choice.
For those that don't know Minneapolis like the parent commenter and I do:
- Amazon already has an engineering office in Minneapolis. Check out some of the jobs here.
- Amazon has a fulfillment center in Shakopee, MN -- a third ring suburb ~30 miles away from Minneapolis.
- This is mostly anecdotal on my part, but it's pretty typical for top computer science students at the University of Minnesota to go to Amazon / Microsoft in Seattle. Silicon Valley doesn't seem to bother recruiting in Minnesota, but Seattle-based companies seem to have good luck recruiting out of Minnesota -- where the weather is even worse.
- Minneapolis has the headquarters of some of Amazon's biggest "old retail" competitors -- Target and Best Buy. A large Amazon presence in Minneapolis would go a long way to poaching the top 10% of talent at both companies.
- Minneapolis also has a small but promising tech community. BuzzFeed and a few other tech companies have an engineering office in Minneapolis.
- 0x4f3759df 9y agoMinneapolis is such a long shot in my opinion, because very ambitious people tend to move to the coasts.
- humbleMouse 9y agoThat's a common theme parroted by many, and a lot of ambitious people do indeed move to the coast. However, I think you are underestimating the amount of ambitious people in minneapolis and the surrounding area. We have tons of fortune 500 companies here and lots of world class smart ambitious people. Not everyone is a 20 something who has no family obligations and is willing to go work anywhere in the country. Furthermore, in minneapolis we have very high salaries relative to cost of living. If you make 120k here you're basically rich and can save an enormous amount per month. This kind of salary to cost of living ratio allows an ambitious person to save tons of money each month and invest it how they please. Anyhow, I don't think minneapolis is a long shot. We have a very good economy and infrastructure and lots of people doing smart/ambitious things.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agobecause they want to or because they feel they need to? A lot of people put up with some really stupid crap "because money"
- crgt 9y agoBut some of us might move back if Amazon were there..
- civilian 9y agoThere's a fulfillment center or two 30 miles away from every major city, I'm not sure if that's actually a unique attribute. ;)
- jamesmishra 9y agoTouché. I went to Shakopee High School, so my Facebook feed blew up when Amazon opened there. I guess it is not as big of a deal as I thought. :)
- jackcosgrove 9y agoSeattle and Minneapolis definitely have some chemistry with each other. I call it the "flannel belt".
- not_kurt_godel 9y agoFulfillment centers are not going to be a consideration, sorry.