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Location has almost nothing to do with the productivity of workers in Silicon Valley.
by GauntletWizard 4y ago
Location has almost nothing to do with the productivity of workers in Silicon Valley.
- charliea0 4y agoOkay, but then why do folks move there? My impression is that it’s mostly for work.
- nkjnlknlk 4y agoCompanies mandate going to the office and remote work only became acceptable en masse after the pandemic?
- eru 4y agoWhy would profit maximizing companies have those mandates, if location is not important? Also: Google (for example) has offices in lower cost locations, too. Why do they keep the offices in Silicon Valley open at all, if location is not important?
- BurningFrog 4y agoIf that's true there is no reason for Silicon Valley to exist in the first place. But it does exist.
- v-erne 4y agoIm not much of english speaker so I wonder if my intuition is right here but its sounds like non sequitor. Why do You think there are no other possible scenarios which explains Silicon Valley existence? Like people herd mentality (even the high inteligent one are not resistant to it) or just simple power accumulation by few that make the decisions where to take up residency? With almost free capital and dollar as world reserve currency current Silicon Valley situation can be solvent by accident just long enough for people like You beliving it as not being irrational.
- eru 4y agoGoogle, Facebook, Apple etc already have offices in lower cost locations. Why would they keep their high rent offices in Silicon Valley open? Are you saying they decision makers are all irrational? They still have to compete in the market. Any company that could get equal productivity out of random locations could eat their lunch with a lower cost base.