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If you're in a market with 100k high quality devs and 80k choose to work at FAANG vs a market with 20k high quality devs where 10k choose to work at high paying
by kaesar14 3y ago
If you're in a market with 100k high quality devs and 80k choose to work at FAANG vs a market with 20k high quality devs where 10k choose to work at high paying regional companies, you're still winning on the talent pool. And I'm guessing the numbers are even more skewed than that.
Additionally, the talent pool skews much younger in hot markets who are on average much more likely to be willing to take a risk and work really hard to make a startup take off.
Obligatory disclaimer that I'm not saying non-hot markets are not filled with great devs and that older people cannot make a startup take off, just the odds are better in one vs. the other.