Based on my experience dealing with offices of software engineers versus actual corporate HQs for companies that aren't purely software, it really won't matter.

Based on my experience dealing with offices of software engineers versus actual corporate HQs for companies that aren't purely software, it really won't matter. Employees at corporate HQ's tend to want to have houses in the burbs. They tend to be in there 30s and up as well. There is no shortage of suburban real estate in the vicinity of the gigafactory. A minority of employees will live in downtown Austin and hate their life due to the horrific commute out of there.