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Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by excitom »

rainyMammoth wrote: post #10

How long before all the Californians make Austin the exact same place they fled from?

SV resident and former Austinite here: During the time I lived in Austin large developments full of McMansions sprang up. The answer to peoples' question "Who can afford all these places?" was "Californians."

Also, if you saw big new house with a wall of glass facing the sunset, an Austinite would ask "Don't they realize how high the A/C bill will be? Who would buy such a place?" The answer" "Californians."

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by lwb »

fendrak wrote: post #155
warmfuzzykitten wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You left out scorpions.

In 12 years in Austin I have encountered zero scorpions indoors, and maybe a single-digit number outdoors. This despite essentially constantly walking barefoot in both. In my entire life in Texas I've been stung by a scorpion exactly one time.

I’ve lived here 6 months and already found 2 in my house. Depends where you live I guess!

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by icelancer »

ntsplnkv2 wrote: post #234
SllX wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s only a concern if the Republican Party makes no gains elsewhere, and Florida is looking less purple and more red these days, and the “blue wall” is looking a bit more purple.

I'd caution making this conclusion. Trump was a huge driver of turnout. I don't think the republican party is quite as strong without him on the ticket.

>> Trump was a huge driver of turnout. I don't think the republican party is quite as strong without him on the ticket.

Neither are the Democrats without a clear enemy. Many left-leaning people voted Biden as an anti-Trump vote.

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by Apocryphon »

suyash wrote: post #226
orliesaurus wrote: post #23

I live in Austin, Oracle has a huge campus here that looks as big as an airport building with terminals/gates and all the trimmings. It's a beautiful building that gentrified the whole area, for better or worse. I ate there a couple of times, it's nice inside too! I love biking/walking around the Oracle campus area because they made a bike path and the area is safer than it was before. That being said, I know a coupl…

Oracle Redwood Shores (Old HQ) is one of the most beautiful campus of tech company in Silicon Valle with trails etc and a lake where the America's Cup winning Catamaran is parked. Wonder if they will move that to Austin as well.

Watch out, Lake Travis.

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by karmasimida »

syntaxing wrote: post #11

I'm super curious how this will WFH Covid-era will play out for the Bay Area. I think the question I haven't figured out is job mobility. Pre-covid, even if you lost your job here as an engineer, finding another company thats interesting with the right pay isn't too hard which is one of the best appeals of SV. I wonder how this will play out in terms of this dynamic.

I am interested and don't yet want to pick a side yet.

I love to see my colleagues face to face but I also hate the commute time to the core.

I think there are many people who are in the same shoe as I am.

If the COVID situation brings the whole corporate world to accept a level of flexibility, where proximity to the team is encouraged but not necessary, that would be a win for everyone, IMO.

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by chrisseaton »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #34
orliesaurus wrote: post #23

I live in Austin, Oracle has a huge campus here that looks as big as an airport building with terminals/gates and all the trimmings. It's a beautiful building that gentrified the whole area, for better or worse. I ate there a couple of times, it's nice inside too! I love biking/walking around the Oracle campus area because they made a bike path and the area is safer than it was before. That being said, I know a coupl…

> That being said, I know a couple of people who work there and they don't like their job I’m not surprised. I haven’t met anyone who deals with Oracle because they want to, only because they have to.

Oracle was a fantastic place to work for me. I had a private locking office with a mountain view as an intern - many people on here say they'd kill for that kind of respect and working environment! And they paid me a full senior salary while I did my PhD. Really can't argue with that.

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by fmakunbound »

TravelPiglet wrote: post #37
nordsieck wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How long before all the Californians make Austin the exact same place they fled from? That is a concern. But part of SF's problems is structural: transportation and new construction are constrained by water. That is much less of a concern in Austin.

Is public transit good in Austin?

It’s brutal.

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by jere »

adamnemecek wrote: post #8
CinchWrench wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NY -> Miami California -> Austin I think you could probably chalk a lot of this up to where company leadership has their vacation homes.

No one has vacation homes in Austin.

It doesn't make sense from a weather perspective, since Austin has brutally hot summers and cold winters.

Re: Oracle Moving HQ to Austin

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Post by pm90 »

neildahlke wrote: post #94

I wonder when HN gets to the stage that all the negativity is directed towards Austin instead of San Francisco, and when we see all the posts about how tech is ruining Austin.

If you live in Austin, you will already see a lot of anti tech sentiment. That said... the locals dislike everyone who isn't local, and the city attracts people in many different areas and not just Tech.

Austin is huge and there is no shortage of land and no pesky regulations (or at least less of them) that it can continue to support the influx for quite a while now. I don't expect it to be the next SV until we see a few Austin-incubated startups really make it big and hopefully kickstart its own substantial startup ecosystem.

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