Moved from Australia to US. The significant advantage is same timezone, physical proximity, top notch CS universities and the idea that birds of a feather flock

Moved from Australia to US. The significant advantage is same timezone, physical proximity, top notch CS universities and the idea that birds of a feather flock together. Remote is great, but there’s something valuable about being in the same room when making decisions. The communication bandwidth really matters for small to medium sized startups. I don’t have strong data to back this up, but an anecdotal evidence is how many unicorns SV spins up vs rest of the world. The concentration of talent + VCs + risk tolerating culture is what makes SV special.