Wasn't there a story less than a month ago lamenting the lack of available tech talent in LA? One with actual developers talking about this, instead of some "technophile" who was an executive at MySpace of all places?
This reads like one of those "Come visit scenic Ratsnest, Pennsylvania!" billboards you see in subways and airports.
LA has a diverse and historic tech industry. UCLA and UCSB were two of the first four nodes on the Arpanet. JPL, Electronic Arts, Disney, Sony, Digital Domain, Lockheed, and Symantec are a few places I've worked for, interviewed at, or visited colleagues at.
I'm always a bit puzzled over the comments that there is not enough talent here, as if building websites is so excruciatingly difficult. It's pretty mundane most of the time, with the exception of scaling them to facebook size. The need for that is pretty rare actually and could be imported when it occurs. It's just a matter of opening the purse strings wide enough.
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[ 8.1 ms ] story [ 36.0 ms ] threadThis reads like one of those "Come visit scenic Ratsnest, Pennsylvania!" billboards you see in subways and airports.
That whole article just screams "Stereotypical LA". Buzzwords! Excitement! Sizzling burgers! Boardwalk!
I'm always a bit puzzled over the comments that there is not enough talent here, as if building websites is so excruciatingly difficult. It's pretty mundane most of the time, with the exception of scaling them to facebook size. The need for that is pretty rare actually and could be imported when it occurs. It's just a matter of opening the purse strings wide enough.