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There are clues there: 1) they wanted everyone to be in once place 2) they're hiring a lot of people, especially customer service. Customer service in NYC or
by pchristensen 15y ago
There are clues there:
1) they wanted everyone to be in once place
2) they're hiring a lot of people, especially customer service.
Customer service in NYC or SF would be prohibitively expensive, so if they want to be all in one place, they would have to move anyway. This is no different than Zappos being in Las Vegas or Groupon being in Chicago (I think Zappos relocated). Personnel costs when you have 50 employees per hacker become a big deal.
Portland has a ton of skilled, educated people and high unemployment, so they're going to get a lot of bank for their buck.
- al3x 15y agoYou got it.
- mattmanser 15y agoProbably worth putting who you are in your profile, at least one of your other answers has been killed, possibly because it wasn't obvious you were answering for the company and it's a one worder: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2921563 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2921563
- Lewisham 15y agoI wonder how well Vegas is doing for Zappos. Portland, from all accounts, is beginning to look like a city-sized SOMA startup scene, and the city's personality certainly jives with the common stereotype of the hipster startup developer. Vegas is certainly ideally situated for a place that wants a big warehouse, but I wonder how well Zappos are attracting tech talent. I can imagine Vegas might be a fun place to be, or it might be hell. I'd try it out for a year. It's certainly very different.