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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by opportune on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:05PM (#16178709)
The main problem with some of these cities, Indianapolis in particular, is that it might be hard to attract software developers to go live there. Even though the dollar goes farther in Indianapolis, after adjusting for cost of living, you would still need to add a bonus to entice developers to live there rather than Seattle. I grew up near Indianapolis and I certainly would not live there over Seattle, for political/cultural preferences that in my experience most developers share with me
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by rubidium on Thursday January 18, 2018 @12:13PM (#16178834)
It depends. It would be a beacon for all software developers from the midwest. Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana all have solid state schools with some of the better CS programs (top 25) in the nation.

For all the home-grown developers, many would prefer to stay close to home than have to move to the mad-house of the coasts. In other words, I question that most developers would think the same way you do.

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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by selectodude on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:26PM (#16181034)
They all go to Chicago, though, and I think they would prefer to continue doing so.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by bsbechtel on Thursday January 18, 2018 @01:52PM (#16180089)
Net income adjusted for cost of living for software developers in Indianapolis is one of the highest in the country. Infosys and Salesforce are planning on adding thousands of jobs here over the next few years too, so it's likely those salaries will continue to rise.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by softawre on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:18PM (#16180952)
I also grew up in Indianapolis and still live here. There are only a few tech companies that will pay engineers 150k+ but they do exist, and 150k+ in the suburbs here (Hamilton County) buys a very nice life for somebody wanting to raise a family.
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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by hylianwarrior on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:46PM (#16181242)
I grew up in Hamilton county / Indy. There has been lots of growth just within the last 5 years after Salesforce and some other companies moved in. There's a rapidly growing population of younger people and new attractions to meet the demand created by these businesses.

I'm not sure how we would scale for HQ2, however, but I believe it could be done.

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Re:Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2 by Eire_Banshee on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:50PM (#16181296)
As a software engineer in Indy, a lot of us have the opposite opinion.
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