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I don't think getting rid of non-competes would necessarily attract companies to your silicon-whatever.

• dredmorbius 7y ago
  It's talent, not employers, in short supply.
  • ironmagma 7y ago
    Not really true. The whole existence of a “brain drain” indicates that the places the workers are coming from have insufficient opportunities.
    • 1over137 7y ago
      Or sufficient opportunities, but less compensation.
    • dredmorbius 7y ago
      Which results in talent being in short supply. The talent is both better rewarded and considered and treated elsewhere. It's quite possible for talent to depart locations based on nonfinancial considerations, or considerations with indirect financial effects, as with noncompetes. The Great Migration and Jewish refugee migration (1920s-50s, and later, Europe) are cases in point. On multiple grounds, California ~1960 - 2000 offerred both better compensation and better considerations for technical talent. The pendulum is swinging based on a few factors, notably housing costs an conditions.
• DeRock 7y ago
  Silicon Valley isn’t what it is because it attracted companies, it’s a hot bed because it empowers people to start their own.