Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers

Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by cosmicgadget on Sunday July 06, 2025 @11:57PM (#44486621)

Seems to just say that entrepreneurs are finding the Austin tech crowd to be lackluster. Though this was funny:

> We've seen one big shift away, and that was Oracle. So they moved from California to Texas during post-pandemic era, and now they've moved to Nashville.

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by acquiesce on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:14AM (#44486703)

> Austin tech crowd to be lackluster

Is this codeword for the tech crowd expects salaries in US dollars?

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by ikr678 on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:35AM (#44487088)

Can't imagine why skilled migrant workers arent flocking to red states.

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by unethical_ban on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:00AM (#44486629)

That stuck out to me, as well. How crappy must it be for your company to unexpectedly lift and shift people across the country twice in half a decade? Or are they firing people and hiring new ones?

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by dralley on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:05AM (#44486656)

It's Oracle, I can only assume that hostility to their employees is part of the package, since it seems to be their default state towards everyone else :P

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by acquiesce on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:13AM (#44486697)

Cue the presentation YouTube vid.

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by DemocracyFTW2 on Monday July 07, 2025 @05:27AM (#44488377)

which one?

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by hoherd on Monday July 07, 2025 @02:51PM (#44493498)

This is the video and timestamp where Bryan Cantrill goes off about how awful oracle is. It's kinda famous around here. https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc&t=35m30s

Find more discussion about it by searching for "oracle lawn mower"

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by ternaryoperator on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:23AM (#44486739)

They didn't lift and shift many employees. These are primarily legal changes. Safra Catz is still in California (as are most senior execs), Ellison in Hawaii.

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by 10hr on Monday July 07, 2025 @12:49AM (#44486855)

Aren't these just openings of new campuses i.e. expansion and they label 1 their "HQ"

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by burnt-resistor on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:37AM (#44487099)

MAANGs did passive-aggressive layoffs by requiring RTO and relocation to major metros.

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Re:Why Austin Is Falling Out of Favor for Tech Workers by burnt-resistor on Monday July 07, 2025 @01:36AM (#44487095)

I was born in San Jose and lived on the SF peninsula for most of my life. The tech scene of ATX compared to SF-SV isn't comparable at all.

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