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> 37signals has people from such distinct tech hubs as Fenwick (Canada)... I hate strong statements that have the out of being tongue-in-cheek. Fenwick is not

• dhh 15y ago
  Dude, that was ironic. None of those places are tech hubs. That's the joke :).
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• randomdata 15y ago
  I sure it was a joke, but do not underestimate rural Ontario. Thanks to the unfortunately now historic funding structure of the education system, Ontario poured massive amounts of money into rural technology. I cannot speak for the Fenwick area, but here in the most agriculturally productive area of Ontario, the schools had high speed internet access back in 1994-1995. Most of the schools in the city were lucky if they had dialup, if internet at all. Labs full of SGI machines when SGI was a major player. Remote video-conferencing classrooms. You name it, we probably had access to it. As a result, we seem to have a disproportionate number of skilled tech workers. I am really quite amazed at the talent that has come from this small farming community.