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Visit, yes. Move, probably not. Maybe instead of an incubator, you should focus on local education. 'Growing your own developers' outside of Silicon Valley see

Visit, yes. Move, probably not. Maybe instead of an incubator, you should focus on local education. 'Growing your own developers' outside of Silicon Valley seems to be a trend. It's working in Nashville, at least.

eropple 11y ago
Can you speak more to this? When I worked for a Nashville-based company about two years ago, the hiring prospects were awfully limited.
- BrandonBradley 11y ago
  They still are, honestly. 'Good ole boy' healthcare companies abound. So, lots of cruft to view if you are looking for a gig. However, there are some excellent software shops in town doing things 'the better way'. I hated the cruft enough to build my own private company.
  - hootener 11y ago
    >'Good ole boy' healthcare companies abound Ugh. Tell me about it. The old guard in tech around here has led to some real hair pulling moments for me. I think we're headed for a schism, though. Can't wait.
- loumf 11y ago
  A local (Springfield, MA area) entrepreneur started this non-profit http://thetechfoundry.org http://thetechfoundry.org when he couldn't find enough people to hire (more sysadmin/IT Pro then dev, but still interesting)
  - eropple 11y ago
    I'm in Boston and I'd love to spend some time teaching folks. Hard to fit it in, though.
- hootener 11y ago
  I'm a Nashville-based software developer, so maybe I can lend some color to parent's comment. Parent may be speaking about the Nashville Software School[1]. Very recently it has been turning out some great talent in the 0-2 yrs of experience range. The rest of this post is pure anecdote from the perspective of someone that has hired tech workers in Nashville, both full time and contract. We seem to have a decent (but not enough, never enough) supply of junior devs (0-2 yrs experience). Really experienced talent seems more elusive. I believe that it's here, I just think most of it is employed already. Additionally, the tech scene here is a little strange. There's an ever expanding pool of web folks (e.g., Rails, Node, etc) and a surprising amount of more Enterprise experienced developers (e.g, C#, Java) that arose as result of all the HealthTech hiring that's been going on the last several years. So veteran (e.g., 7+ years) software developers I've encountered seem to skew toward Enterprise. There's some startup activity here[2], and we're seeing some larger non-healthcare outfits set up shop in Nashville (e.g., Warby Parker, Lonely Planet). The technology scene here is really starting to come together, but it's by no means a Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston, or even Austin yet, really. It's getting there, but we're still a ways from seeing Music Row's inevitable transformation into Silicon Row ;) [1] http://nashvillesoftwareschool.com/ http://nashvillesoftwareschool.com/ [2] https://angel.co/nashville https://angel.co/nashville
  - eropple 11y ago
    Interesting, thanks. I was working for a healthcare startup (almost but not entirely a contradiction in terms) that was painfully, painfully enterprisey, so that certainly could have been part of our experience. We weren't looking for juniors, either, which complicated things.
  - BrandonBradley 11y ago
    I was indeed talking about NSS. Thanks for elaborating and bringing links for the lazy.

eropple 11y ago

Can you speak more to this? When I worked for a Nashville-based company about two years ago, the hiring prospects were awfully limited.

BrandonBradley 11y ago
They still are, honestly. 'Good ole boy' healthcare companies abound. So, lots of cruft to view if you are looking for a gig. However, there are some excellent software shops in town doing things 'the better way'. I hated the cruft enough to build my own private company.
- hootener 11y ago
  >'Good ole boy' healthcare companies abound Ugh. Tell me about it. The old guard in tech around here has led to some real hair pulling moments for me. I think we're headed for a schism, though. Can't wait.
loumf 11y ago
A local (Springfield, MA area) entrepreneur started this non-profit http://thetechfoundry.org http://thetechfoundry.org when he couldn't find enough people to hire (more sysadmin/IT Pro then dev, but still interesting)
- eropple 11y ago
  I'm in Boston and I'd love to spend some time teaching folks. Hard to fit it in, though.
hootener 11y ago
I'm a Nashville-based software developer, so maybe I can lend some color to parent's comment. Parent may be speaking about the Nashville Software School[1]. Very recently it has been turning out some great talent in the 0-2 yrs of experience range. The rest of this post is pure anecdote from the perspective of someone that has hired tech workers in Nashville, both full time and contract. We seem to have a decent (but not enough, never enough) supply of junior devs (0-2 yrs experience). Really experienced talent seems more elusive. I believe that it's here, I just think most of it is employed already. Additionally, the tech scene here is a little strange. There's an ever expanding pool of web folks (e.g., Rails, Node, etc) and a surprising amount of more Enterprise experienced developers (e.g, C#, Java) that arose as result of all the HealthTech hiring that's been going on the last several years. So veteran (e.g., 7+ years) software developers I've encountered seem to skew toward Enterprise. There's some startup activity here[2], and we're seeing some larger non-healthcare outfits set up shop in Nashville (e.g., Warby Parker, Lonely Planet). The technology scene here is really starting to come together, but it's by no means a Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston, or even Austin yet, really. It's getting there, but we're still a ways from seeing Music Row's inevitable transformation into Silicon Row ;) [1] http://nashvillesoftwareschool.com/ http://nashvillesoftwareschool.com/ [2] https://angel.co/nashville https://angel.co/nashville
- eropple 11y ago
  Interesting, thanks. I was working for a healthcare startup (almost but not entirely a contradiction in terms) that was painfully, painfully enterprisey, so that certainly could have been part of our experience. We weren't looking for juniors, either, which complicated things.
- BrandonBradley 11y ago
  I was indeed talking about NSS. Thanks for elaborating and bringing links for the lazy.