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These SV of X articles always talk about the technology infrastructure, the venture capital, the universities, the mega-corps, the number of start-ups, etc. but
by anonAndOn 5y ago
These SV of X articles always talk about the technology infrastructure, the venture capital, the universities, the mega-corps, the number of start-ups, etc. but I have yet to see one that mentions any sort of ethnic diversity as a key ingredient. Stockholm might be the Silicon Valley of Sweden, but unless it is attracting (and keeping!) global talent, it will never punch above its weight and compete with the actual Silicon Valley.
- hnarn 5y agoYour basis for the conclusion that Stockholm is not "attracting and keeping global talent" is that some random person once was very rude to you? Or is this a general experience you've heard from other people?
- anonAndOn 5y agoSV's success is largely built upon immigrants. Does TFA mention foreigners? Neither does any other SV of X article I've seen.
- walshemj 5y agoNot really SV is built on defense funding from the 40's onwards - widespread h1b is much later
- anonAndOn 5y agoWhy stop there? What about Dave and Bill's shed in '38? Or maybe it was Leland opening the university in 1891? Surely that was the start of Silicon Valley? Actually, it was probably Rock and the Traitorous Eight in '57 as the genesis of Silicon Valley. And you might be familiar with some of these US immigrants, none of whom were H1b's: Jerry (yahoo), Sergei (google), Pierre (ebay), Elon (paypal).
- alkonaut 5y ago> I have yet to see one that mentions any sort of ethnic diversity as a key ingredient English is the #1 language in most tech companies because there are people from all over. Ethnically there is perhaps not much diversity in tech, however. There are lots of americans, canadians, australians, french, german etc. I have started ordering drinks in bars in english by default in Stockholm, because seeing a Swedish speaking bartender is so rare now. They are surprisingly often Irish for some reason.