What city would you move to so you can work at HQ2?
Denver
Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America
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#192The research triangle[1] feels like a strong candidate. Excellent schools, close enough for flights to the North East, accommodating southern state government.
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#193Silicon Slopes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Slopes - Population > 1,000,000 - Serviced by 2 great universities (UoU, BYU) - Utah is a top 5 state for # of Unicorn Companies From the wiki I shared: "The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development allows a variety of grants and tax incentives to companies willing to either relocate or expand their enterprise" Note: I live in Seattle, not Utah.
Socially, Utah could not be more different than Seattle. SLC is one thing, but that's one small slice of a much bigger state.
You'd be able to attract people who live there already, but there's 0 chance someone like me would be interested in living there.
Note: I work for Amazon, but have no input at all in this process. This is the first I'm hearing about it.
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#194Silicon Slopes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Slopes - Population > 1,000,000 - Serviced by 2 great universities (UoU, BYU) - Utah is a top 5 state for # of Unicorn Companies From the wiki I shared: "The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development allows a variety of grants and tax incentives to companies willing to either relocate or expand their enterprise" Note: I live in Seattle, not Utah.
I wonder if SLC would be disqualified because it would harm rather than help Amazon's diversity efforts.
Not building an HQ somewhere because of race sounds like racism to me. This is the problem with considering race at all for hiring decisions. Race != diversity.
If their diversity efforts are for the sake of new thinking, it would benefit their diversity efforts. If their diversity efforts stop at skin color, then yeah, you are right.
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#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not? Because the single greatest threat to Amazon's business continuity is a major quake in Seattle. Vancouver sits on some of the same tectonic plates. It's likely that this move is, in part, an attempt to address the business continuity risk.
Ottawa is an excellent candidate for this as it sits squarely on the Canadian Shield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Shield Not only that but the public transit is undergoing rapid modernization (ie: light rail) and the software industry is spiking.
All the top students from uOttawa and Carleton end up going to Silicon Valley or Seattle anyways. A few go to Toronto. What's left in Ottawa are largely mediocre government employees. On top of that, you're going to have a tough time convincing people to move somewhere with -40 degree winters.
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#196Texas has the inside track, too. Wonder what city though... Austin's already too crowded as it is but has a great talent pool. Could be better off somewhere like San Marcos or Georgetown.
Dallas/North Dallas (Plano/McKinney/etc.)
Haven't seen it listen much but it is probably one of the top contenders. There is a reason Toyota, along with many others, moved their (U.S.) headquarters here.
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#197Newark, NJ.
Audible is already located there. Easy access to NYC and their many distribution centers in New Jersey.
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#198I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Pittsburgh yet. uber did some early self driving pilots there. CMU is there. Google has a large office there. Amazon has also started hiring software engineers for an office in Pittsburgh too. Cost of living is very cheap. Many upsides to Pittsburgh. I don't know what the city could afford in terms of subsidies though.
They mention at-site transit in the RFP, and the transit in Pittsburgh seems light.
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#199Silicon Slopes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Slopes - Population > 1,000,000 - Serviced by 2 great universities (UoU, BYU) - Utah is a top 5 state for # of Unicorn Companies From the wiki I shared: "The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development allows a variety of grants and tax incentives to companies willing to either relocate or expand their enterprise" Note: I live in Seattle, not Utah.
Socially, Utah could not be more different than Seattle. SLC is one thing, but that's one small slice of a much bigger state. You'd be able to attract people who live there already, but there's 0 chance someone like me would be interested in living there. Note: I work for Amazon, but have no input at all in this process. This is the first I'm hearing about it.
> Socially, Utah could not be more different than Seattle
Its called diversity of thought.
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#200What city would you move to so you can work at HQ2?
Cleveland