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You think Austin is a bigger software/tech hub than NYC?

• alephnerd 3y ago
  Absolutely. The network is much stronger in Austin over NYC, and there is a better established pipeline between the ATX scene and the Bay plus Seattle. Also, I've found Texans operate on a similar wavelength as other West Coast folks. And you can't discount the absolute behemoth of a pipeline UT Austin and IBM Austin is - something that no university in NY-NJ can compete with (come at me salty Rutgers and Columbia bros /s) Austin is big enough that you can have a self sustaining ecosystem, but small enough that you can still experiment. On top of that, there are enough early career PMs, Sales, SWEs in the area to get startups off the ground. I've also found the NYC scene to be immature and piggybacking off European/Israeli founders trying to build a US beachhead due to American VCs. I simply can't think of a recent major IPO from an organically grown NYC tech startup. Spotify was large, but largely built out of Sweden.
  • Tommstein 3y ago
    I've seen delusion before, but holy shit.
  • GenerWork 3y ago
    You're gonna get dunked on for saying that Austin > NYC in terms of tech scene, but you're 100% right about UT Austin > Rutgers + Columbia combined.