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> Of course there is, but when considering substitute employers, in the economic sense, working in a small-town software shop isn't quite the same as working at
by ardy42 8y ago
> Of course there is, but when considering substitute employers, in the economic sense, working in a small-town software shop isn't quite the same as working at a multinational tech company.
The life outside of the FAANG/GAFAM bubble isn't just "small-town software shop[s]." There's a lot more diversity than that, and to conceive of the industry in that way is too parochial.
- bduerst 8y agoHow many of those companies can be considered substitute employers to Google? That offer the same level of compensation? That is what an economic substitute is. SMB tech companies typically don't compare.