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I don't think that will change anything. Those places will succumb to the same politics. You're not looking at the root cause.

kodah 4y ago
I don't think it's politics so much. The problem with developing all or most of our software on the coasts is that a few things will happen: - The coasts, which have a wildly different culture than much of the US if not the world, develop an outsized influence on and in software - It removes people from their families for no reason eg: Tech is not like Wall St in the 90's where you needed to be there to be successful - Tech is lucrative and it concentrates money in the innovation core of the US, which then prices out poorer states over time eg: How long will people in the middle of the US be able to afford the next iPhone if iPhone pricing is commensurate with the California standard of living and cost model?
- systemvoltage 4y ago
  Practically all tech is run by liberals, and large percentage are hard-left progressives. Their values are being pumped through the tech industry they've created and it is imposed through all platforms around the world. I'd like to see more diversity of ideas, not some 100 people writing Twitter algorithms in SV where they have zero clue about how the rest of the world works.
  - kodah 4y ago
    Having any kind of dominant political culture at a company probably makes things pretty miserable on the whole so I empathize. I did look into what you said about politics (as opposed to culture) and you are right that a majority of tech companies are funneling money into Democratic PACs and candidates, though, I don't think many of these folks are progressives. What I do find really concerning is that most of these candidate donations are being sent to places where these companies clearly don't operate. That seems like a loophole worth closing. - Meta: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/facebook-inc/summary?id=D000033563 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/facebook-inc/summary?id=D00... - Salesforce: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/salesforcecom/summary?id=D000037335 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/salesforcecom/summary?id=D0... - Google: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D000022008 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D0000... - Microsoft: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-corp/summary?all=2022&id=D000000115 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-corp/summary?all=... - Amazon: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/summary?all=2022&id=D000023883 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/summary?all=2022... - Netflix: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/netflix-inc/summary?id=D000036161 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/netflix-inc/summary?id=D000... - NVIDIA: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/nvidia-corp/summary?id=D000036303 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/nvidia-corp/summary?id=D000... - AMD: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/advanced-micro-devices/summary?id=D000023765 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/advanced-micro-devices/summ... There's others that are more middle of the road: - Intel: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intel-corp/summary?id=D000000804 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intel-corp/summary?id=D0000... - Intuit: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/summary?id=D000026667 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/summary?id=D0000... - Qualcomm: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/qualcomm-inc/summary?id=D000000794 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/qualcomm-inc/summary?id=D00...

kodah 4y ago

I don't think it's politics so much. The problem with developing all or most of our software on the coasts is that a few things will happen: - The coasts, which have a wildly different culture than much of the US if not the world, develop an outsized influence on and in software - It removes people from their families for no reason eg: Tech is not like Wall St in the 90's where you needed to be there to be successful - Tech is lucrative and it concentrates money in the innovation core of the US, which then prices out poorer states over time eg: How long will people in the middle of the US be able to afford the next iPhone if iPhone pricing is commensurate with the California standard of living and cost model?

systemvoltage 4y ago
Practically all tech is run by liberals, and large percentage are hard-left progressives. Their values are being pumped through the tech industry they've created and it is imposed through all platforms around the world. I'd like to see more diversity of ideas, not some 100 people writing Twitter algorithms in SV where they have zero clue about how the rest of the world works.
- kodah 4y ago
  Having any kind of dominant political culture at a company probably makes things pretty miserable on the whole so I empathize. I did look into what you said about politics (as opposed to culture) and you are right that a majority of tech companies are funneling money into Democratic PACs and candidates, though, I don't think many of these folks are progressives. What I do find really concerning is that most of these candidate donations are being sent to places where these companies clearly don't operate. That seems like a loophole worth closing. - Meta: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/facebook-inc/summary?id=D000033563 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/facebook-inc/summary?id=D00... - Salesforce: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/salesforcecom/summary?id=D000037335 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/salesforcecom/summary?id=D0... - Google: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D000022008 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D0000... - Microsoft: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-corp/summary?all=2022&id=D000000115 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/microsoft-corp/summary?all=... - Amazon: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/summary?all=2022&id=D000023883 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/summary?all=2022... - Netflix: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/netflix-inc/summary?id=D000036161 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/netflix-inc/summary?id=D000... - NVIDIA: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/nvidia-corp/summary?id=D000036303 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/nvidia-corp/summary?id=D000... - AMD: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/advanced-micro-devices/summary?id=D000023765 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/advanced-micro-devices/summ... There's others that are more middle of the road: - Intel: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intel-corp/summary?id=D000000804 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intel-corp/summary?id=D0000... - Intuit: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/summary?id=D000026667 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/intuit-inc/summary?id=D0000... - Qualcomm: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/qualcomm-inc/summary?id=D000000794 https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/qualcomm-inc/summary?id=D00...