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Washington has lots of universities... and the UW itself is larger than Berkeley. Washington only has a population of 7.7 million, so it wouldn't make sense to

Washington has lots of universities... and the UW itself is larger than Berkeley. Washington only has a population of 7.7 million, so it wouldn't make sense to have as many universties as California, which has a population of 39 million. For its size though, Seattle is one of the best educated places in the US... I think the poor startup ecosystem has more to do with a lack of VC funding, and most people working for big companies like Amazon... and Amazon being notorious for suing to enforce non-competes, which are legal in Washington.

IntelMiner 2y ago
Non-competes are no longer legal in the United States https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/...
- loeg 2y ago
  Doesn't go into effect until at least August, is being sued over by a business group[0], and may be dropped by a Republican administration if Biden loses the election. So: not yet, and maybe. [0]: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-ban-worker-noncompete-agreements-faces-lawsuit-major-business-group-2024-04-24/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-ban-worker-noncompete-agree...