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For some reason, the map seems to be categorizing technology jobs as green (Healthcare, Education, and Government). Look at SF, and it's almost completely gree

by c-slice 11y ago

For some reason, the map seems to be categorizing technology jobs as green (Healthcare, Education, and Government). Look at SF, and it's almost completely green.

rayiner 11y ago
Not necessarily. Here is a list of the largest employers in the Bay area: http://sfced.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LargestEmployers1.24.2013.pdf http://sfced.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LargestEmployers.... The top 5 are healthcare, education, or government. Given that most of Silicon Valley's employment is not in SF, it's quite likely that the tech jobs in the city are overshadowed by the massive number of education, government, and healthcare jobs. That's also why Manhattan is mostly green.
nostrademons 11y ago
The data is very dubious - they've mapped the entire Googleplex as "Retail, hospitality, and other services". The North Bayshore area east of Shoreline is listed as "Manufacturing and trade" - most of that area is Google now. Sunnyvale and the Stanford area look pretty accurate though, and it got the big office park near Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman and some of the industrial areas in Santa Clara. Perhaps it's working off an old data set (~2000ish)?
- kec 11y ago
  Even if it's that old, that doesn't explain why Infinite Loop would be categorized as Manufacturing and trade, with all the area around it as healthcare and government.
jnordwick 11y ago
Based on industry. It is based on industry not category of job. E.e., everybody at McDonalds is classified as food services even if they are sys admins.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago
  I've heard this as an explanation for the US's perceived lack of "manufacturing" jobs -- if a factory employs its own maintenance people / janitors / whatever, those are manufacturing jobs, but if the factory contracts with another company to send people to do the same work, those are service jobs.

by c-slice 11y ago

For some reason, the map seems to be categorizing technology jobs as green (Healthcare, Education, and Government). Look at SF, and it's almost completely green.

rayiner 11y ago

Not necessarily. Here is a list of the largest employers in the Bay area: http://sfced.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LargestEmployers1.24.2013.pdf http://sfced.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/LargestEmployers.... The top 5 are healthcare, education, or government. Given that most of Silicon Valley's employment is not in SF, it's quite likely that the tech jobs in the city are overshadowed by the massive number of education, government, and healthcare jobs. That's also why Manhattan is mostly green.

nostrademons 11y ago

The data is very dubious - they've mapped the entire Googleplex as "Retail, hospitality, and other services". The North Bayshore area east of Shoreline is listed as "Manufacturing and trade" - most of that area is Google now. Sunnyvale and the Stanford area look pretty accurate though, and it got the big office park near Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman and some of the industrial areas in Santa Clara. Perhaps it's working off an old data set (~2000ish)?

kec 11y ago
Even if it's that old, that doesn't explain why Infinite Loop would be categorized as Manufacturing and trade, with all the area around it as healthcare and government.

jnordwick 11y ago

Based on industry. It is based on industry not category of job. E.e., everybody at McDonalds is classified as food services even if they are sys admins.

thaumasiotes 11y ago
I've heard this as an explanation for the US's perceived lack of "manufacturing" jobs -- if a factory employs its own maintenance people / janitors / whatever, those are manufacturing jobs, but if the factory contracts with another company to send people to do the same work, those are service jobs.