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Goldman does have an office in Jersey City, they put "backoffice" functions there and have a water taxi between the two. Anyhow, context is key. I think if I li

Goldman does have an office in Jersey City, they put "backoffice" functions there and have a water taxi between the two. Anyhow, context is key. I think if I lived on the west coast I'd like an office campus nestled amongst nature with lots of open space between buildings. SF is not a great "big city" compared to NY. In NY I want to be in the urban core. People want the best of wherever they are.

rayiner 11y ago
> Goldman does have an office in Jersey City, they put "backoffice" functions there But they'd never put investment bankers and traders out there. I have always interpreted suburban tech office parks as a hold-over from the days of engineers being considered "back office" cost-center workers, rather than "front office" revenue-generating talent.
- _delirium 11y ago
  I think another factor has been the university-campus or "research lab" type of aesthetic that companies have cultivated for engineering, especially the more prestigious parts of their engineering organization. For example the old Amoco had its clerical, business, and "regular" engineering workers in the Chicago loop [1], but the PhDs in the research division were on a separate campus, with lakes and stuff, out in Naperville [2]. I think things like the Bell Labs [3] and IBM TJ Watson [4] style of "campus" have also influenced companies like Google, who idolize the environment/culture of those research centers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_Center_%28Chicago%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_Center_%28Chicago%29 [2] http://grummanbutkus.com/assets/uploads/projects/232/bpamoco500__standard.jpg http://grummanbutkus.com/assets/uploads/projects/232/bpamoco... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Cent...
drpgq 11y ago
Here's a NYT article about the water taxis. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/nyregion/public-may-use-new-goldman-sachs-ferries-on-hudson.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/nyregion/public-may-use-ne...

rayiner 11y ago

> Goldman does have an office in Jersey City, they put "backoffice" functions there But they'd never put investment bankers and traders out there. I have always interpreted suburban tech office parks as a hold-over from the days of engineers being considered "back office" cost-center workers, rather than "front office" revenue-generating talent.

_delirium 11y ago
I think another factor has been the university-campus or "research lab" type of aesthetic that companies have cultivated for engineering, especially the more prestigious parts of their engineering organization. For example the old Amoco had its clerical, business, and "regular" engineering workers in the Chicago loop [1], but the PhDs in the research division were on a separate campus, with lakes and stuff, out in Naperville [2]. I think things like the Bell Labs [3] and IBM TJ Watson [4] style of "campus" have also influenced companies like Google, who idolize the environment/culture of those research centers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_Center_%28Chicago%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_Center_%28Chicago%29 [2] http://grummanbutkus.com/assets/uploads/projects/232/bpamoco500__standard.jpg http://grummanbutkus.com/assets/uploads/projects/232/bpamoco... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson_Research_Cent...

drpgq 11y ago

Here's a NYT article about the water taxis. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/nyregion/public-may-use-new-goldman-sachs-ferries-on-hudson.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/nyregion/public-may-use-ne...