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everyone is moving away from us-east, the talent is mostly in northern virginia and focused on defense not actual tech talent, i took a brief look at that "Tec

everyone is moving away from us-east, the talent is mostly in northern virginia and focused on defense not actual tech talent, i took a brief look at that "Tech Titans" list and frankly it is not that impressive, compared to an actual hub like SF, NYC, Seattle or even compared to tier 2 hubs like Boston or LA. i mean they're counting "Vox Media" as a tech startup... which is very DC, I guess. many of the others also are due to regulatory reasons, like Revature or Wirewheel. i lived in DC for 20 years.

benslavin 2y ago
Some people may be moving away from us-east, but new datacenters are going up. That wouldn't happen unless someone thinks there's growth ahead. As for "not actual tech talent," I don't agree. There's talent from Richmond to Baltimore. But something is missing, which was the point of my original post in this thread... a mindset shift could be impactful. For the tech titans, it's not a complete list, but I used it as a shortcut. There are companies on there you may have overlooked (Rocket Money, Optoro, Alarm.com) Maryland has companies across edtech, health tech, bio/pharma, hospitality, and cyber (not enumerating since many aren't household names, though Marriott is). NoVa has regional/global HQs for Amazon, Capital One, CustomInk, E-Trade, Google, Iridium (and several other satellite companies), Mars (the candy people), Microsoft, Nestle, Rolls-Royce, USA Today (and Gannett), and Volkswagen. DC itself is largely focused on gov and gov-adjacent companies, but the community is rebuilding. There are still people pushing tech forward here. I'm not affiliated with either but DC Tech has a meetup Wednesday, and TEDXMidAtlantic happens Saturday. Sounds like you might not live here anymore but, if you're at either, I'd love to say hi and continue the conversation.

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everyone is moving away from us-east, the talent is mostly in northern virginia and focused on defense not actual tech talent, i took a brief look at that "Tec

by whimsicalism 2y ago

benslavin 2y ago
Some people may be moving away from us-east, but new datacenters are going up. That wouldn't happen unless someone thinks there's growth ahead. As for "not actual tech talent," I don't agree. There's talent from Richmond to Baltimore. But something is missing, which was the point of my original post in this thread... a mindset shift could be impactful. For the tech titans, it's not a complete list, but I used it as a shortcut. There are companies on there you may have overlooked (Rocket Money, Optoro, Alarm.com) Maryland has companies across edtech, health tech, bio/pharma, hospitality, and cyber (not enumerating since many aren't household names, though Marriott is). NoVa has regional/global HQs for Amazon, Capital One, CustomInk, E-Trade, Google, Iridium (and several other satellite companies), Mars (the candy people), Microsoft, Nestle, Rolls-Royce, USA Today (and Gannett), and Volkswagen. DC itself is largely focused on gov and gov-adjacent companies, but the community is rebuilding. There are still people pushing tech forward here. I'm not affiliated with either but DC Tech has a meetup Wednesday, and TEDXMidAtlantic happens Saturday. Sounds like you might not live here anymore but, if you're at either, I'd love to say hi and continue the conversation.