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The issue that you run into in smaller cities (e.g. Minneapolis, Dallas, Austin) is that you can't have as long a SELECT query when you're hiring developers (or
by michaelochurch 14y ago
The issue that you run into in smaller cities (e.g. Minneapolis, Dallas, Austin) is that you can't have as long a SELECT query when you're hiring developers (or looking for jobs). If you demand a Scala expert with production Cassandra and Hadoop experience, plus 4+ years of Javascript.
Outside of the star cities, you have to grow your own talent. On the other hand, people don't leave you every 2 years and you don't have to give people 20% raises every year to account for the disgusting housing prices.
- ericabiz 14y agoThis is true. When my co-founder and I looked on LinkedIn for developers in Austin with Python and Erlang experience, there were only 6 total people--and one of them was my co-founder! Fortunately, we managed to hire one of the other 5. Anecdotally, I've heard that many startups here in Austin are funding relocation packages for developers who are tired of living in a tiny town in the Midwest or tired of paying $4,000+ in rent in SF. There's a lot of talent moving here, and since the cost of living is sane, it's easier to attract people who want to own their own property and/or raise kids.
- michaelochurch 14y agoRight. I think that most companies are going to need to grow their own talent if they want to be located in a second-tier tech hub. You find generally good people and teach them what they need to know, which means you can't expect them to be responsible for major deadlines in the first 6 months. Many companies aren't willing to do that, and the grow-fast-or-die build-to-flips can't afford the time.