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i skimmed the interview and didn't get the impression San Francisco was coming back and "tech hub again" doesn't appear in the interview that i could find.

toomuchtodo 3y ago
If you say it enough it might make it so.
RC_ITR 3y ago
I doubt Garry, literally someone with the power to make SF a tech hub (as he did by doubling down on YC in person in SF) who knows Sam Altman (the guy who runs arguably the most important private technology company in the world, which is headquartered and growing in SF) would use that sort of language about SF anyway.
brandur 3y ago
There's a little bit of editorializing in the title, but Garry's basic contention is that YC is firing on all cylinders, and it's headquartered in SF: > Jamali: It’s kind of interesting — so that narrative is there, but are you saying at the same time that there is this comeback happening, that maybe a lot of people outside of San Francisco haven’t appreciated? A comeback that’s being driven by the tech industry? > Tan: Yeah, at the end of the day, what we want is prosperity. And the coolest thing in the world is that at Y Combinator, we get to see two or three people come together from any background, from any country in the world, and they have a fair shot here. They get half a million dollars, and they can go and try to create something that touches a billion people. And that’s really what we try to do every day. And if they succeed, they’ll have thousands of employees, and these are good, high-paying jobs in tech. And that will actually create so much prosperity for the whole community, that that’s actually why San Francisco is so awesome. Not so much in the interview, but a common claim is that many of the most important AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are located in the city, so there's a bit of an AI boom going on. For general context though, Garry's part of the crowd that's committed to staying in San Francisco and getting involved in local politics to make the city better. Whether or not you agree, he's definitely going to have an intentional pro-SF bias in general, which he'd acknowledge.
- RC_ITR 3y ago
  >but a common claim is that many of the most important AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are located in the city, so there's a bit of an AI boom going on. I think the stronger claim as to why SF is the hub is: where else is the center if not there? Seattle/NY/Boston/Austin/LA/Miami has some activity (probably in roughly that order), but hard to really call them the center of anything.
  - chasd00 3y ago
    Covid showed that no physical center is the best physical center. With wfh finally taking hold the center is everywhere and nowhere.
    - CapstanRoller 3y ago
      WFH doesn't seem to be "taking hold" anywhere. As an actual jobseeker in the current marker, almost everyone now requires hybrid or fully onsite work.
    - RC_ITR 3y ago
      >Covid showed that no physical center is the best physical center. Did it? Based on what data? Almost all of the world's largest companies (including those in Silicon Valley) require some level of office attendance for most employees.
      - kkfx 3y ago
        RTO is pushed for a simple reason: WFH means working like a contractor, so if you find another offer just a bit better you get it, since there is no need to relocate, change office culture habits etc. Beside that remote workers would like owning a home, not leaving in small places consuming services, witch is against the "agenda 2030, you'll own nothing". However RTO will fall, because people never want to change, but they was forced to change on time and they discover that's a good change, you will not pull them back even offering shorter workweeks and side benefits. You'll just push back low skilled labor and with them no company can go much further.

toomuchtodo 3y ago

If you say it enough it might make it so.

RC_ITR 3y ago

I doubt Garry, literally someone with the power to make SF a tech hub (as he did by doubling down on YC in person in SF) who knows Sam Altman (the guy who runs arguably the most important private technology company in the world, which is headquartered and growing in SF) would use that sort of language about SF anyway.

brandur 3y ago

There's a little bit of editorializing in the title, but Garry's basic contention is that YC is firing on all cylinders, and it's headquartered in SF: > Jamali: It’s kind of interesting — so that narrative is there, but are you saying at the same time that there is this comeback happening, that maybe a lot of people outside of San Francisco haven’t appreciated? A comeback that’s being driven by the tech industry? > Tan: Yeah, at the end of the day, what we want is prosperity. And the coolest thing in the world is that at Y Combinator, we get to see two or three people come together from any background, from any country in the world, and they have a fair shot here. They get half a million dollars, and they can go and try to create something that touches a billion people. And that’s really what we try to do every day. And if they succeed, they’ll have thousands of employees, and these are good, high-paying jobs in tech. And that will actually create so much prosperity for the whole community, that that’s actually why San Francisco is so awesome. Not so much in the interview, but a common claim is that many of the most important AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are located in the city, so there's a bit of an AI boom going on. For general context though, Garry's part of the crowd that's committed to staying in San Francisco and getting involved in local politics to make the city better. Whether or not you agree, he's definitely going to have an intentional pro-SF bias in general, which he'd acknowledge.

RC_ITR 3y ago
>but a common claim is that many of the most important AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are located in the city, so there's a bit of an AI boom going on. I think the stronger claim as to why SF is the hub is: where else is the center if not there? Seattle/NY/Boston/Austin/LA/Miami has some activity (probably in roughly that order), but hard to really call them the center of anything.
- chasd00 3y ago
  Covid showed that no physical center is the best physical center. With wfh finally taking hold the center is everywhere and nowhere.
  - CapstanRoller 3y ago
    WFH doesn't seem to be "taking hold" anywhere. As an actual jobseeker in the current marker, almost everyone now requires hybrid or fully onsite work.
  - RC_ITR 3y ago
    >Covid showed that no physical center is the best physical center. Did it? Based on what data? Almost all of the world's largest companies (including those in Silicon Valley) require some level of office attendance for most employees.
    - kkfx 3y ago
      RTO is pushed for a simple reason: WFH means working like a contractor, so if you find another offer just a bit better you get it, since there is no need to relocate, change office culture habits etc. Beside that remote workers would like owning a home, not leaving in small places consuming services, witch is against the "agenda 2030, you'll own nothing". However RTO will fall, because people never want to change, but they was forced to change on time and they discover that's a good change, you will not pull them back even offering shorter workweeks and side benefits. You'll just push back low skilled labor and with them no company can go much further.