> The pandemic and dispersion of tech talent. SF used to be a mecca of tech talent: events, dinners, summits, etc that brought optimistic entrepreneurs together

> The pandemic and dispersion of tech talent. SF used to be a mecca of tech talent: events, dinners, summits, etc that brought optimistic entrepreneurs together This is a good thing, because people were under the mistaken impression that tech talent in SF was uniquely special or good. My theory is that the money and, more vaguely, the inspiration, of the region was infectious to those that were able to come and work there. A sort of mild self-selection but also a privilege open to only a few. Meanwhile the rest of the world is stuffed full of people who are just as capable of making it at any "cut throat" startup, or starting such companies on their own, but don't live in such an environment where they can make the kinds of connections they need to make to get funding, or aren't getting a huge salary that lets the live comfortably while building personal projects, or the other things that make silicon valley such a hub for this sort of thing. Hopefully now those effects disperse across the world and we get access to all the wildly different kinds of ideas all across the world. Maybe it'll mean less uber for x, CRM for y, CMS for z type products.