Better than nothing, but one year is ages in technology. Imagine you're working on cutting-edge technology, get an offer to lead a team or maybe a whole startu

Better than nothing, but one year is ages in technology. Imagine you're working on cutting-edge technology, get an offer to lead a team or maybe a whole startup... but you have to wait a year. For most startups, that's a deal-breaker. They simply can't wait that long. So that's one key reason California is far better for startups - in other states, they're effectively prevented from poaching employees from big tech. (Waiting a year is generally fine for big companies.)