I'd say a startup based in LA and on MSFT makes life tougher, but not impossible. Developers in LA are scattered and there's probably less of them than SF. And

I'd say a startup based in LA and on MSFT makes life tougher, but not impossible. Developers in LA are scattered and there's probably less of them than SF. And there is less info and components out there to do complex stuff in the MSFT stack. (I work at a MSFT-based startup in LA, so I speak from experience). At any rate, you can still make it work. Google has an office with developers in Santa Monica (west LA). And StackExchange is a great example of making the MSFT stack work. By the way, any MySpacers here that got laid off or looking to jump ship? I'm a developer at Leads360 in El Segundo, CA. And we're hiring developers right now! I've interviewed several MySpacers already and extended offers to a few. We hope to get more :) Send me your resume, if interested. Good luck. Bill Paetzke: bpaetzke@leads360.com