> A quick look for software engineers finds that SF has about 40 times more than Miami: (and my hunch is that they’re better ones too) Anyone who asserts this

> A quick look for software engineers finds that SF has about 40 times more than Miami: (and my hunch is that they’re better ones too) Anyone who asserts this without evidence loses large amounts of credibility. You are a startup. In SF, the big guys easily outcompete you for the best software folks even with their current layoffs--you are a tiny fish in a pond with big predators. Practically by definition, the people you can get are the second and third tier. If you're really interested in getting good technical folks, put your engineering in a secondary market like Pittsburgh and put your fundraising executives in Silicon Valley. You will be a big fish in a small pond (although that may have changed a bit with work from home) and can pull in way better people for the same amount of money and those people will be more likely to stay with your company. Udi Nir, who was CTO of Modcloth, actually said as much in a video somewhere, but I can't seem to find it anymore. Maybe the HN collective can cough it up.