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I once had a co-worker (who lives inside the San Francisco city limits) say: "San Jose? Why would I ever drive that far south?! As for as I'm concerned, San Jos

• dalvdalv 12y ago
  It could take 2+ hours to commute from SF to SJ during rush hour.
• chubot 12y ago
  So? Nobody who lives in SF would drive themselves to San Jose every day. The traffic is insane. You would kill 3-4 hours a day easily. Hence the point that companies (say in San Jose) should allow remote work to attract employees in SF.
  • hugs 12y ago
    Sorry, I should have connected the dots to the parent comment. It means he wasn't interested in recruiting new hires from San Jose or anywhere else that wasn't a short commute into the city... unless of course, they agreed to move.
    • x0x0 12y ago
      Because it would be a bad hire. Those 50 miles are at least a 90 minute drive each way most of the day.
      • hugs 12y ago
        Of course a 90 minute commute is a horrible idea. So why would they have to drive? Why couldn't they work from home? If code is checked into GitHub and deployed to cloud servers, why are we requiring new hires to work in the SF office every day? (That was my point.)
        • x0x0 12y ago
          ah, I understand you're preaching to the choir
          • hugs 12y ago
            :-) I could have also mentioned that this particular co-worker had influence over recruiting and office policies...