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I don't understand why everyone assumes the DC move is for lobbying or government influence. I always assumed it's just a business move, the DC area has a high
by cle 8y ago
I don't understand why everyone assumes the DC move is for lobbying or government influence. I always assumed it's just a business move, the DC area has a high supply of security-cleared engineers and AWS is pushing into GovCloud. It seems a lot more plausible to me that Amazon is just making a strategic business move by tapping into a unique labor market, than some conspiratorial culture-shaping crusade.