Re:On Immigration, Engineers Simply Don’t Trust VCs
by x0x0 on Sunday December 28, 2014 @05:28AM
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Here's ways to demonstrate there really is a talent shortage.
- wages rising, in real terms, faster than inflation. And not some bullshit fed measure of price inflation (ex the things that inflated), but bay-area inflation that counts the 10% annual increases in rent / home prices.
- getting serious about remote employees
- if location is really so critical, paying enough that talent from the midwest / west moves to the bay / nyc. And not fresh grads, but engineers 10 years into their careers. I currently see experienced engineers leaving sfbay.
- companies, particularly big ones like oracle, google, linkedin, yahoo, fb, salesforce, and even vc coalitions getting serious about addressing local cost drivers, ie housing and transport.
- wages rising, in real terms, faster than inflation. And not some bullshit fed measure of price inflation (ex the things that inflated), but bay-area inflation that counts the 10% annual increases in rent / home prices.
- getting serious about remote employees
- if location is really so critical, paying enough that talent from the midwest / west moves to the bay / nyc. And not fresh grads, but engineers 10 years into their careers. I currently see experienced engineers leaving sfbay.
- companies, particularly big ones like oracle, google, linkedin, yahoo, fb, salesforce, and even vc coalitions getting serious about addressing local cost drivers, ie housing and transport.
I see zero of those.