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In the US, tech sucks all the oxygen out of the room (no pun intended). When so much top talent is locked up by big tech, who's left to design planes at Boeing
by protastus 3y ago
In the US, tech sucks all the oxygen out of the room (no pun intended).
When so much top talent is locked up by big tech, who's left to design planes at Boeing, write software for GM, run for office?
- talldatethrow 3y agoI have a feeling there was a decent mechanical engineer also applying to work at boeing at the same time. But my friend did check that diversity box. The same one that helps you earn your bonus at Microsoft.
- panick21_ 3y agoThis is nonsense in my opinion. SpaceX exists and did a lot of work with young engineers. The problem isn't the engineers but the management. There are plenty of smart and hard working people in the US. Its ridiculous to believe that GM is fundamentally unable to recruit software people. Tesla did it just fine, as a small company with less money. Its rather management that systematically for 30+ years has considered software to be unnecessary and pushed it as far down the supply chain as they could.
- protastus 3y agoI think my thesis is non-controversial and entirely obvious. So I suspect we diverge on definitions rather than have a factual disagreement. Tesla is big tech (today). SpaceX isn't only because it is niche, and hasn't gone public. Both are 20 years old, and have for the last two decades been the most exciting companies in their respective segments, by far. This allows them to compete very favorably. GM is boring, slow and makes many public mistakes. GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009. It has to pay a significant premium to hire equivalent talent and offers significant career risk, especially to young employees.