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Re:Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the mo... by ulfw on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @05:30AM (#14030849)
No he couldn't have. He needed Bay Area investor money, he needed Bay Area connections and he needed the Bay Area press echo chamber. That's why he moved as a college kid out west to Palo Alto and not Nicaragua.
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Re:Why do developers who could work anywhere flock to the mo... by sokoloff on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @07:57AM (#14031593)
Exactly. I'm from Cambridge, MA and as much as it pains me, I'm not convinced he could have Facebook into what it is today from here.

There was a time not that long ago when it wasn't obvious who the social winner was going to be.

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