I'm in Dallas and doing just fine tyvm. I do find it slightly offensive that you would insinuate that hiring in Texas is solely about less worker protections a

I'm in Dallas and doing just fine tyvm. I do find it slightly offensive that you would insinuate that hiring in Texas is solely about less worker protections and not that we have plenty of skilled workers in one place and with a lower cost of living. I'm a worker not an owner,and I prefer living in Texas at this stage in my life and have turned down offers to move back to California. Working in tech in a big Texas city easily puts you in the top 10% of the cushiest jobs in the US. Based on how I've been treated here, I really doubt that worker protections (or lack thereof) is the real driving force behind more tech jobs moving here. We are far from being oppressed here. The most likely driving force of tech moving to Texas is that mid career professionals like myself don't see a future in California due to the insane cost and bad vibe of raising a family there. It's a great place for people just out of college, but Texas is a better place to settle down unless you are pulling an outrageous salary. The other big advantage California has is VC and startup networks being located there, which is also something that primarily benefits early career people rather than those of us that need a stable job at an established company. It's also worth pointing out that Texas has long had a large technology industry presence. The dominance that California experienced during the early 2000s through to mid 2010s is an outlier and it shouldnt surprise anybody that things are evening out.