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Is the talent pool more valuable there than elsewhere in the US or elsewhere in the world? Even if you allow for the effect of having drawn talent there over d
by wyldfire 8y ago
Is the talent pool more valuable there than elsewhere in the US or elsewhere in the world? Even if you allow for the effect of having drawn talent there over decades, is it that much more valuable?
If not, it seems like corporations are making a mistake by investing there. If the government can't be convinced to change the zoning rules, then companies should take some attrition and expand elsewhere.
- qaq 8y agoThey are def. trying but the answer to your question so far seems to be yes.
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- burlesona 8y agoThis is already being questioned and these days a lot of companies are moving out. However as an engineering manager who has done hiring in multiple locations around the US I will say the sheer size of the talent pool does matter. It’s like the Napoleon quote, quantity has a quality all its own.
- zellyn 8y agoThere's a certain critical mass to it. We moved out to SF for five years while I worked at YouTube, then back to Atlanta to be close to family (and afford a house). There are two or three awesome places to work in Atlanta. In SF I knew I could get out of bed, trip over my shoelaces, and accidentally land on six fantastic places to work before breakfast…
- zellyn 8y agobtw, if you're in Atlanta, or interested, you should come have (free) lunch with us sometime at Square Atlanta. If you're experienced, and interested in Go+Java infrastructure/tooling work, hit me up: I'm trying to help get an Atlanta PlatEng (“Platform Engineering”) presence off the ground and might be hiring soon…