Ask YC: Is the Bay Area Much Better than Seattle for Startups?

Re:Ask YC: Is the Bay Area Much Better than Seattle for Star... by thomasptacek on Saturday October 06, 2007 @02:33PM (#64133)

I understand, and am not arguing with you. Whatever you want to call them, that "second round of folks before later" is harder to hire than the founders. They're employees, not principals, and you can't bullshit them.

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Re:Ask YC: Is the Bay Area Much Better than Seattle for Star... by anamax on Saturday October 06, 2007 @09:29PM (#64304)

"Can't bullshit" sounds like a good thing.

I'm not disputing harder to hire, I'm asking whether harder to hire is a negative or a useful indicator.

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Re:Ask YC: Is the Bay Area Much Better than Seattle for Star... by thomasptacek on Sunday October 07, 2007 @01:17AM (#64352)

If, holding talent constant, a developer costs $100k in the bay and $65k in Ann Arbor, Michigan, then Ann Arbor startups have a pronounced recruitment advantage. That's all I'm saying.

The conventional wisdom is, "go to the Bay Area, it'll be much easier to find smart developers." It is, in fact, very easy to find smart developers in the Bay Area. Unfortunately, they work for Google.

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