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Post by eranation » Thu, Oct 06, 2016, 1:26 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #37

The Atlanta tech scene is blossoming, just like our film industry. We have a couple of incubators, including a few that are funded/supported by Georgia Tech. The cost of living here is super cheap, and there are brilliant and talented people everywhere. We have satellite offices for tons of major tech companies, so there are traditional tech jobs too. Earning $200k here while the cost of living is so low is phenomina…

Post by atlstartup404 » Thu, Oct 06, 2016, 2:01 PM UTC

lgleason wrote: post #60

echelon wrote: post #37

The Atlanta tech scene is blossoming, just like our film industry. We have a couple of incubators, including a few that are funded/supported by Georgia Tech. The cost of living here is super cheap, and there are brilliant and talented people everywhere. We have satellite offices for tons of major tech companies, so there are traditional tech jobs too. Earning $200k here while the cost of living is so low is phenomina…

I'm in Atlanta. It's a great place to work for a non-tech corporation, but the startup scene is so so. Most of the "tech" startups fall in to one of two categories. First, ones that will not get traction and are doing something that someone else is already doing or two high tech boiler room operations where they hire a few tech people and an army of sales types to try to sell it. Sadly tech people in Atlanta are seco…

Post by atlstartup404 » Thu, Oct 06, 2016, 2:05 PM UTC

lgleason wrote: post #71

bendmorris wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Earning $200k most places is pretty nice, but most sources show that in Atlanta almost no one is making that much. The average is less than half that. For most of us, moving to Atlanta would probably coincide with a sharp pay cut. If that wasn't the case, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

You would take a pay cut and there are many in Atlanta who would still complain that you are making too much and be thinking about how they could move your job to a low cost country. I've had conversations with startups "leaders" in Atlanta where they have expressed this sentiment.

Post by atlstartup404 » Thu, Oct 06, 2016, 2:07 PM UTC

quantumhobbit wrote: post #109

echelon wrote: post #37

The Atlanta tech scene is blossoming, just like our film industry. We have a couple of incubators, including a few that are funded/supported by Georgia Tech. The cost of living here is super cheap, and there are brilliant and talented people everywhere. We have satellite offices for tons of major tech companies, so there are traditional tech jobs too. Earning $200k here while the cost of living is so low is phenomina…

I used to live in Atlanta. It felt like the city had so much potential for tech but just wasn't there yet. There were so many smart and driven people at Georgia Tech and other places. And there seemed to be a business community that would be capable of supporting those people but those two communities hadn't figured out how to deal with each other yet. This was in 2011. I would love for Atlanta to become a real hub a…

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 06, 2016, 2:19 PM UTC

atlstartup404 wrote: post #235

lgleason wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You would take a pay cut and there are many in Atlanta who would still complain that you are making too much and be thinking about how they could move your job to a low cost country. I've had conversations with startups "leaders" in Atlanta where they have expressed this sentiment.

You are all over this thread shitting on everything Atlanta. Sounds like you just didn't get hired at a place you like and are bitter. That place made the right choice.