A massive tech company exodus is occurring in Texas, reports show::Numerous Silicon Valley tech companies have settled in Austin in recent years, but just as many are now leaving due to ‘lackluster’ startup scene.

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      11 months ago

      I know, right?

      Crazy how many companies have left CA in recent years.

      This article is a lot of noise, but very short on actual stats.

      TX has been attracting tech biz since the early 90’s with beneficial taxing structures. I find it hilarious how people just started noticing like 3 years ago.

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    ‘A massive tech exodus’ in the headline, then names 3 large companies who never actually moved to Texas, and 3 companies nobody’s ever heard of.

    This isn’t journalism.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    If you have skilled, high speed workers, you don’t want your lab in a state where you can’t get healthcare, such as an abortion.

    I bet obgyns are packing up to leave Texas as well, and maternity wards will soon close down.

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      11 months ago

      Already been happening in lots of red states, no staff to help with pregnancy

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    “I moved the company here because Joe Rogan said it was a cool place but innovation isn’t magically happening as fast as I thought it would. Bummer.”

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      I dont think the overlap between tech worker and joe rogan listener is that significant, is it?

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        11 months ago

        Why? Is there some kind of test tech workers has to do that excludes them from being dumbfucks?

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        Pretty sure Tech Workers, Joe Rogan Listeners, and Libertarians are a ven diagram that looks awfully like a circle.

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            11 months ago

            The difference between people who adopt every internet of things device imaginable and people who would never own or permit such a device in their home under any circumstances.

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    What can Austin do? Can it relocate from Taliban Texas?

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      I wish. The city itself is fine, being in Texas isn’t.

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      It’s ironic people use “Austin” to refer to the city itself as well as the government of Texas, and the two Austins hate each other.

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    TechCrunch is reporting that startup founders, like Techstars Managing Director Amos Schwartzfarb, are announcing their decisions to leave Austin’s “lackluster” startup scene.

    Who?

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    Of the examples they give, half never moved there in the first place, several are moving elsewhere in Texas, and one is going to Arizona. Very misleading title.