> FAANG brain drain SV has been dealing with brain drain since loooong before FAANG was even a thing. HP, Intel (remember why it’s called silicon valley?), a

> FAANG brain drain SV has been dealing with brain drain since loooong before FAANG was even a thing. HP, Intel (remember why it’s called silicon valley?), and Oracle used to be heavyweights - and in the midst of that there was still a very very successful startup culture. I’ve asked founders why they start their companies here, and the reason is almost universally ‘this is where the biggest pool of engineers I need for X are’.