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(I lived in Austin for 7 years and permanently moved away a few months ago) I predict Austin will never approach Silicon Valley's success. Austin's tech scene
by next_xibalba 4y ago
(I lived in Austin for 7 years and permanently moved away a few months ago)
I predict Austin will never approach Silicon Valley's success.
Austin's tech scene is 80:20 Product Manager:Engineer, whereas SV was quite the opposite. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of engineers about, but the culture of the new arrivals feels very much defined by the PM/MBA type.
Why does this matter? Because SV was built by engineers–idiosyncratic, independent thinking engineers. Of course, they were supercharged by VC, but ultimately, the engineers defined the culture.
The iconoclastic engineer is unlikely to move somewhere on the basis of a "Top 10 Cities" list.
- jjav 4y ago> Why does this matter? Because SV was built by engineers–idiosyncratic, independent thinking engineers. Interesting point, agreed. I moved to SV in the 90s and PMs wasn't a thing (perhaps they existed, but never heard of or met one). It was all engineering-driven, which made it what it was. PMs have been arrving and colonizing (so to speak) SV though, so it's not the engineering center it used to be. Still here, but engineering-centric companies are getting hard to find.