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I'm surprised that more disaffected tech folk aren't starting their own coops. People in companies like Especially in places like Seattle and San Francisco, wh
by Pfhreak 7y ago
I'm surprised that more disaffected tech folk aren't starting their own coops. People in companies like
Especially in places like Seattle and San Francisco, where there are strong lefty communities. I wonder if we'll see the folks who get frustrated with the policies of Google/Amazon/etc splinter off to form coops.
- scrollbar 7y agoYeah. I had been trying to do it for awhile but there's surprisingly little activity around here in our sector (Oakland/SF tech) My partners of the consultancy we founded last year decided to go this route. There aren't many great local examples to learn from so we're kind of figuring it out as we go. Obviously B2B tech/software/consulting is very different than for example Arizmendi, a local cooperative bakery. If anyone else is interested or involved in coops in the Bay Area, please let me know and I'd be happy to meet up. kyle@greendata.ai
- Pfhreak 7y agoRight? I look at Seattle and think "There should totally be a thriving tech coop scene here". But I think it's because of risk -- leaving a FAANG to found a tech coop is a risk. Why give up $400k/year for a moonshot?
- cooperka 7y agoI recommend checking out the annual Nonprofit Software Dev Summit in Oakland if you're interested in this. There are numerous folks from tech cooperatives who attend. Last year was amazing https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/ https://devsummit.aspirationtech.org/