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Re:Peak California by DrScump on Sunday March 10, 2019 @05:49PM (#19354790) 

  that’s where people make carpets
But you can make software anywhere -- there are no tools or materials supply chain to worry about... especially with Internet everywhere.
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Re:Peak California by 80386 on Sunday March 10, 2019 @05:55PM (#19354826)
You can make software anywhere, but can you hire twenty people to make software anywhere?
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Re:Peak California by meowface on Sunday March 10, 2019 @06:24PM (#19355034)
It's a lot easier if your company is fully distributed and remote. Then you can hire anyone, from any location in the world.

It's certainly not for everyone, but more and more successful tech startups seem to be moving to that model, and many new ones are using it from the very beginning.

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Re:Peak California by borski on Sunday March 10, 2019 @07:19PM (#19355387)
This requires a lot of discipline and experience managing remote teams. It’s significantly harder in a lot of ways. That doesn’t make it not worthwhile, but I’d argue you’re simply trading one set of problems for another. Whether those new problems are worth more or less is entirely dependent on your individual calculus.
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Re:Peak California by mbesto on Sunday March 10, 2019 @09:39PM (#19356036)
> It's a lot easier if your company is fully distributed and remote.

It's a lot easier to hire, but operate and retain that talents is VERY different.

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