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Dublin does have a pool of talent from the existing companies based there, so any effects will be trailing; they won't show up immediately. My understanding is
by steffan 12y ago
Dublin does have a pool of talent from the existing companies based there, so any effects will be trailing; they won't show up immediately.
My understanding is that a number of Europeans are not all that interested in relocating to Dublin. In the medium term, if the tax advantages are nullified, I think more international offices will end up opening in London or on the continent because it's easier to attract talent.
I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up hurting tech development in Ireland in the long term.
- patrickk 12y ago> I wouldn't be surprised if this ends up hurting tech development in Ireland in the long term. I'm not sure there is much tech development to hurt. "The talent pool here is much smaller than that of Silicon Valley. The single most important aspect of Silicon Valley is that it’s where many great people choose to live. Stripe’s employees come from Honduras, Kenya, India, Sweden, Canada, Austria, and more—but they’ve all chosen to live in Silicon Valley. Because Ireland has fewer of these immigrants, Irish start-ups are forced to either hire from a much more limited group, or to try to convince people to move here. (A third option is to have a geographically distributed team from the start; this route is also quite tough.)" source: (scroll down) http://patrickcollison.com/ http://patrickcollison.com/
- davidw 12y agoAnywhere is going to come across as inferior to Silicon Valley from that point of view, but that doesn't mean there isn't some tech development there to hurt.