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These cities really are trying their hardest to kill their golden goose.

by dev_dull 8y ago

commandlinefan 8y ago
Yeah, really. Big tech companies, come down here to Texas. With your well-above-market-average salaries and free food.
- anonymous5133 8y ago
  Austin is already a pretty big tech hub
  - iamdave 8y ago
    And is already stretching that tiny town thin wrt housing. I gtfo. Felt like the San Francisco of Texas, and not in a way I felt like fighting/putting up with.
    - StudentStuff 8y ago
      Its impressive how a whole corner of the city has been rebuilt for Apple. Not saying I'd wanna live down there, that area has basically no bus service, and is straddled on all sides by freeways and highways (making walking/biking risky), but $1k will get you a decent 1 bed/1 bath apartment blocks from the office. That being said, Apple pays people peanuts down there, $32k/yr as a contractor ain't much.
      - iamdave 8y ago
        That being said, Apple pays people peanuts down there, $32k/yr as a contractor ain't much. This is a problem across the entire tech industry. When it comes to staff and employees who don't have three letters following their name, one of them the letter "C", there's the engineers who make six figures, and then there's everybody else.
- sidlls 8y ago
  And regressive state politics and terrible culture and weather. Tech companies hiring in Texas is a negative signal.
  - dev_dull 8y ago
    Regressive is in the eye of the beholder.
    - s73v3r_ 8y ago
      Enabling employers to dictate the sexuality of their employees is nothing but regressive.
    - sidlls 8y ago
      A state that thrives on the glorification of implements of violence, considers the health of women and sexuality to be subordinate to religious beliefs, and education a luxury is one I'd consider regressive. Others certainly disagree: I would not want to live in communities where their voice has any political power, and the feeling is probably mutual. So this negative signal is a win-win.
  - someguydave 8y ago
    What does "regressive" even mean? The state doesn't interfere with private contracts?
    - gamblor956 8y ago
      No, it means that Texas only interferes in medical decisions, domestic decisions, childrearing, labor relations, and religion, and most other private aspects of your life. Pretty much anything that isn't regulated by a private contract, really.
  - jessaustin 8y ago
    ...regressive state politics... I didn't realize Texas had instituted soda and straw taxes.
  - 8y ago
rconti 8y ago
This is not "trying their hardest". This is a possibly-misguided effort to slightly restrict their ability to offer one tiny perk.
irq11 8y ago
Good. Encouraging tech to diversify locations is a very effective solution to the demand-driven real-estate bubble that has been caused by the tech industry.

These cities really are trying their hardest to kill their golden goose.

commandlinefan 8y ago

Yeah, really. Big tech companies, come down here to Texas. With your well-above-market-average salaries and free food.

anonymous5133 8y ago
Austin is already a pretty big tech hub
- iamdave 8y ago
  And is already stretching that tiny town thin wrt housing. I gtfo. Felt like the San Francisco of Texas, and not in a way I felt like fighting/putting up with.
  - StudentStuff 8y ago
    Its impressive how a whole corner of the city has been rebuilt for Apple. Not saying I'd wanna live down there, that area has basically no bus service, and is straddled on all sides by freeways and highways (making walking/biking risky), but $1k will get you a decent 1 bed/1 bath apartment blocks from the office. That being said, Apple pays people peanuts down there, $32k/yr as a contractor ain't much.
    - iamdave 8y ago
      That being said, Apple pays people peanuts down there, $32k/yr as a contractor ain't much. This is a problem across the entire tech industry. When it comes to staff and employees who don't have three letters following their name, one of them the letter "C", there's the engineers who make six figures, and then there's everybody else.
sidlls 8y ago
And regressive state politics and terrible culture and weather. Tech companies hiring in Texas is a negative signal.
- dev_dull 8y ago
  Regressive is in the eye of the beholder.
  - s73v3r_ 8y ago
    Enabling employers to dictate the sexuality of their employees is nothing but regressive.
  - sidlls 8y ago
    A state that thrives on the glorification of implements of violence, considers the health of women and sexuality to be subordinate to religious beliefs, and education a luxury is one I'd consider regressive. Others certainly disagree: I would not want to live in communities where their voice has any political power, and the feeling is probably mutual. So this negative signal is a win-win.
- someguydave 8y ago
  What does "regressive" even mean? The state doesn't interfere with private contracts?
  - gamblor956 8y ago
    No, it means that Texas only interferes in medical decisions, domestic decisions, childrearing, labor relations, and religion, and most other private aspects of your life. Pretty much anything that isn't regulated by a private contract, really.
- jessaustin 8y ago
  ...regressive state politics... I didn't realize Texas had instituted soda and straw taxes.
- 8y ago

rconti 8y ago

This is not "trying their hardest". This is a possibly-misguided effort to slightly restrict their ability to offer one tiny perk.

irq11 8y ago

Good. Encouraging tech to diversify locations is a very effective solution to the demand-driven real-estate bubble that has been caused by the tech industry.