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What's in Pittsburgh driving the median so high? I know Carnegie Mellon is there, but I was not aware of any sort of commercial tech hub.

ct0 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_in_Pittsburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_in_Pittsb... Not from the area but could be a ton of drivers.
idbehold 7y ago
Self-driving cars in part due to its proximity to CMU.
Zaheer 7y ago
Zaheer from Levels.fyi here. Argo AI & Duolingo are based out of Pittsburgh. Uber & Google also have a decent sized presence. Some more context on their tech scene here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pittsburgh-tech/a-tech-boom-in-pittsburgh-brings-hope-and-angst-idUSKCN1MM13Y https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pittsburgh-tech/a-tech-bo...
- hotdogs 7y ago
  Huh, it's been about a decade since I last visited Pittsburgh, I had no idea. Thanks for sharing.
  - crw5996 7y ago
    Pretty much all the big tech companies have a presence here. From what I can remember, Microsoft (Azure Storage), Amazon (ML Alexa Teams), Google, Uber (ATG), Argo AI, Aurora, Facebook (Oculus), Duolingo, and Apple are all have offices in the city. In the suburbs I think Netapp and Oracle have offices.
    - Zaheer 7y ago
      Significant concentration of AI & ML teams probably raises the median (thanks to CMU). Some of the hottest skills in the market today.
    - electricslpnsld 7y ago
      Facebook also has a FAIR office in addition to Oculus in Pittsburgh.
s3r3nity 7y ago
Lots of AI & robotics companies, as well as FANG + Msft like companies opening offices here.
braindeath 7y ago
Uber, Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon all are present. What’s clearly wrong or at least misleading about this data is that they represent only a small fraction of the tech workforce in pgh. Other than Uber and Google these are only small offices. They also happen to be some higher paying jobs within those organizations. The reality is that most tech people in Pittsburgh are looking at jobs at UPMC, PNC, NetApp or a handful of smaller companies and poorly funded startups, few of which pay particularly well nor have worthwhile equity comp even relative to the low COL small markets. This 170k median doesn’t fit with other stats available, and is only true if your sample is limited to FAANG and unicorns, which exists, but is small in Pittsburgh.

ct0 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_in_Pittsburgh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_in_Pittsb... Not from the area but could be a ton of drivers.

idbehold 7y ago

Self-driving cars in part due to its proximity to CMU.

Zaheer 7y ago

Zaheer from Levels.fyi here. Argo AI & Duolingo are based out of Pittsburgh. Uber & Google also have a decent sized presence. Some more context on their tech scene here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pittsburgh-tech/a-tech-boom-in-pittsburgh-brings-hope-and-angst-idUSKCN1MM13Y https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pittsburgh-tech/a-tech-bo...

hotdogs 7y ago
Huh, it's been about a decade since I last visited Pittsburgh, I had no idea. Thanks for sharing.
- crw5996 7y ago
  Pretty much all the big tech companies have a presence here. From what I can remember, Microsoft (Azure Storage), Amazon (ML Alexa Teams), Google, Uber (ATG), Argo AI, Aurora, Facebook (Oculus), Duolingo, and Apple are all have offices in the city. In the suburbs I think Netapp and Oracle have offices.
  - Zaheer 7y ago
    Significant concentration of AI & ML teams probably raises the median (thanks to CMU). Some of the hottest skills in the market today.
  - electricslpnsld 7y ago
    Facebook also has a FAIR office in addition to Oculus in Pittsburgh.

s3r3nity 7y ago

Lots of AI & robotics companies, as well as FANG + Msft like companies opening offices here.

braindeath 7y ago

Uber, Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon all are present. What’s clearly wrong or at least misleading about this data is that they represent only a small fraction of the tech workforce in pgh. Other than Uber and Google these are only small offices. They also happen to be some higher paying jobs within those organizations. The reality is that most tech people in Pittsburgh are looking at jobs at UPMC, PNC, NetApp or a handful of smaller companies and poorly funded startups, few of which pay particularly well nor have worthwhile equity comp even relative to the low COL small markets. This 170k median doesn’t fit with other stats available, and is only true if your sample is limited to FAANG and unicorns, which exists, but is small in Pittsburgh.