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Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.

And there must be people who feel exactly the opposite.

As long as there are options then we can all be happy. I guess.

Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.

>It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent.

What does it mean? (Im not from US)

Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.

As an observer from afar it seems like the US is sorting itself into different places with different core values, so presumably whichever group finds your values anathema to theirs likes it there.

Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.

Why? I'm not American at all, but have a friend who moved there for a job (with wife, and a daughter), and he seems to be doing fine with everything except climate

Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.

>It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. What does it mean? (Im not from US)

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Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.

>It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. What does it mean? (Im not from US)

They likely believe that the more conservative political atmosphere in Texas is an unsuitable place to raise children, especially young girls.

Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

TechCrunch has the same problem of never again referencing this perceived diversity issue. They don't make clear what kind of diversity, who perceives it as missing, or if the perceived lack of diversity matches reality. Edit: ignore this! I didn't read the original TechCrunch article closely enough, it is mentioned later in the article as corrected in a following comment

No, that article goes on: > "The cost of living, especially housing, has made it more challenging for middle-class professionals — especially people of color — to buy into the market, which hurts startups that have to compete with the Googles and Teslas for talent,” said Spearman, who is Black. “The monoculture speaks more to the income disparity that is pricing out musicians, artists and hospitality workers who are…

Oh thank you for this, I skimmed the related TechCrunch article and must have missed this, and a search for "diversity" only hit on the original mention.

I stand corrected!

Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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I'm an experienced product designer with 25+ years of experience. I've been doing a job search across the US. I have three kids, two girls. I will never take them to a place like Texas. It is anathema to my core values as a person and as a parent. I'm shocked that a place like Texas became a draw for tech companies at all.

Austin is not super conservative. It's actually pretty liberal.

Source: I live in austin

Re: Austin sees mass exodus of ex-Silicon Valley tech companies, here's why

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Lack of diversity is stated but never mentioned again. Diversity of what is left to the readers interpretation. This reads like a hit piece rather than a genuine exploration of a real issue.

It’s paraphrasing from the Techcrunch source mentioned in other comments: > The summers are brutal — 2023’s was the hottest on record with 78 days of triple-digit temperatures. The startup scene, some argue, is lackluster. And funding — especially for midsize companies — can be hard to come by. A perceived lack of diversity is also an issue.

It wasn't the hottest on record. In 2011, Austin had more than 100 days with triple digit temps:

https://www.citizen.org/news/austin-tx-100-degree-days-final...

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