> I always wondered why the ATL tech scene was 'underdeveloped' compared to comparable sized cities like Seattle and Austin No insight on Atlanta or Seattle, b

> I always wondered why the ATL tech scene was 'underdeveloped' compared to comparable sized cities like Seattle and Austin No insight on Atlanta or Seattle, but Austin has had tech longer than people like to think (IBM/Freescale, UT Austin+TI Partnerships, etc), and also got on the 'hype train' early by rebranding SXSW from pure music/entertainment into 'SXSW Interactive' quite a while back (early 2000s if I'm not mistaken), so you have lots of west coast tech/media/vc 'influencers' heading there on a yearly basis getting schmoozed heavy