another major part of the problem is the entitled, defocused employee culture in silicon valley. generated by the fact that crazy talent competition ensures employees have a huge safety net in the form of big tech. i raise capital in silicon valley. but i do not want to hire people there. i hire amazing engineers in russia at a fraction of the cost and they: - are loyal instead of jumping to new shiny stuff at every…
Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
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Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not the original poster, but I'll respond (disclaimer: I'm a single male, about to turn 30 in a few months, who lives near Silicon Valley): 1. Single men vastly outnumber single women in Silicon Valley due to the unfortunate gender demographics of the tech industry, making for a very competitive dating environment for single men. 2. Due to the Bay Area's high housing prices, single people living in the Bay Area w…
Your point #4 will be magnified to the extreme in Tokyo.
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#53I think this is fairly mistaken. As a share of the tech economy, SV is almost certainly declining. That's to be expected and embraced as labor economics evolve. That doesn't for a moment mean that northern California isn't still the place with the maximum idea flow. Three major things in SV that aren't declining: a) Intelligent risk capital being deployed by scientists and engineers, not MBAs b) Stanford c) Ambitious…
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#54another major part of the problem is the entitled, defocused employee culture in silicon valley. generated by the fact that crazy talent competition ensures employees have a huge safety net in the form of big tech. i raise capital in silicon valley. but i do not want to hire people there. i hire amazing engineers in russia at a fraction of the cost and they: - are loyal instead of jumping to new shiny stuff at every…
This is exactly why I left a quantitative trading company in NYC and moved to Poland for software engineering talent. This certainly baffled my coworkers. More and more companies will eventually recognize the talent abroad is how you want to supply your business, while the market demand you want will still remain in the U.S.
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#55another major part of the problem is the entitled, defocused employee culture in silicon valley. generated by the fact that crazy talent competition ensures employees have a huge safety net in the form of big tech. i raise capital in silicon valley. but i do not want to hire people there. i hire amazing engineers in russia at a fraction of the cost and they: - are loyal instead of jumping to new shiny stuff at every…
This is exactly why I left a quantitative trading company in NYC and moved to Poland for software engineering talent. This certainly baffled my coworkers. More and more companies will eventually recognize the talent abroad is how you want to supply your business, while the market demand you want will still remain in the U.S.
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#56another major part of the problem is the entitled, defocused employee culture in silicon valley. generated by the fact that crazy talent competition ensures employees have a huge safety net in the form of big tech. i raise capital in silicon valley. but i do not want to hire people there. i hire amazing engineers in russia at a fraction of the cost and they: - are loyal instead of jumping to new shiny stuff at every…
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#57What is for example, the second largest tech hub and how narrow is silicon valley's lead over it.
I would guess that the bay area if way way ahead of anywhere else (I don't like it, but it seems to be self apparent) and the lead is not narrow at all.
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#58[1] http://www.siliconvalleyoneworld.com/2018/03/25/new-census-d...
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#59another major part of the problem is the entitled, defocused employee culture in silicon valley. generated by the fact that crazy talent competition ensures employees have a huge safety net in the form of big tech. i raise capital in silicon valley. but i do not want to hire people there. i hire amazing engineers in russia at a fraction of the cost and they: - are loyal instead of jumping to new shiny stuff at every…
Re: Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech hubs narrowing
#60another major part of the problem is the entitled, defocused employee culture in silicon valley. generated by the fact that crazy talent competition ensures employees have a huge safety net in the form of big tech. i raise capital in silicon valley. but i do not want to hire people there. i hire amazing engineers in russia at a fraction of the cost and they: - are loyal instead of jumping to new shiny stuff at every…
are loyal instead of jumping to new shiny stuff at every opportunity. - have skin in the game Why do companies expect “loyalty” beyond the employer gives the employee a paycheck and the employee works X number of hours per week, doesn’t try to compete with the employer while at the company, and doesn’t steal IP? Does the employee have an ownership stake in the company? If not, the only “skin in the game” they have is…
The alternative is to admit that he's taking advantage of his employees because he can. Rationalization is much easier.