Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Cesspool

Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by apaitch on Monday February 13, 2012 @07:41PM (#3588063)

What would people do if, as you say, everyone gets into it just for the money? Would enough people consider leaving somewhere else?

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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by davidtyleryork on Monday February 13, 2012 @08:37PM (#3588224)

I doubt it, there's no greater opportunity in the US right now than there is here

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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by beedogs on Monday February 13, 2012 @09:20PM (#3588333)

Maybe it's time to look past the US.

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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by palish on Monday February 13, 2012 @11:23PM (#3588597)

Why do you say that?

(I'm just interested. It would be nice to hear more.)

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Re:Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to th... by davidtyleryork on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @12:52PM (#3590974)

Well, I can't back this up with hard numbers at this point, but I'm pretty sure that the SF Bay Area has lead the nation in hiring since 2008. Also, where else in the US are you hearing about people becoming rich beyond their wildest dreams? Or about how a new company IPOing will bring about 1000 millionaires? I dont see it anywhere else

Granted, I think it's more accurate to say that "tech" is the one doing the hiring and making people rich, not the SF Bay Area itself. But since this is the nexus of the (consumer internet) tech industry worldwide, I think its safe to say that a lot of that opportunity is found here

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