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I'm familiar with the "creation story" but I question whether that is all necessary for other areas to thrive. Do I think that East BFE, Nowheresville is going
by poulsbohemian 7y ago
I'm familiar with the "creation story" but I question whether that is all necessary for other areas to thrive. Do I think that East BFE, Nowheresville is going to become the next Silicon Valley? No, probably not - but I don't know that it needs to. Twenty years from now, Google and Apple will probably still be at their respective California locations. But JohnDoe Co could be the biggest employer in <middle American city of 200,000> and do a lot of economic good there while reaping the benefits. Most of us don't need PE / VC like we think we do and there are plenty of good-enough universities around the country churning out new grads and attracting talented-enough researchers. This idea that we can only hire in coastal cities and from top-5 universities is all wrapped up in the same problem, and it doesn't make sense for the majority of businesses.
- mcguire 7y ago"Most of us don't need PE / VC like we think we do..." Don't look at me, I'm not the one you need to convince. That'd be the hordes of newly-graduated who think they have to move to <dense coastal city> to get a good job (although how much of that money will stick to them, I can't say).
- DerekL 7y agoMaybe you don't need to go to a dense coastal city for your first job, but what about your second job, and your third job, etc? Very few jobs in tech will last your entire career. You could take a job in some random small city, but you'll probably have to move again in five years. These tech hubs exist for very good reasons. Maybe you can make some more hubs, but you'll never spread these kind of jobs evenly all over.
- mcguire 7y agoI was in Austin. I worked for IBM for my first, second, and third jobs. That didn't go well.