If wordstar and typewriters are working, why spend $6b to replace them?
Yeah and the abacus worked well too. Although sometimes the "upgrade" isn't worth it (think Windows 95) most upgrades are very important... even if they are just to keep people employed (think layoffs)
All the same things that we in the Silicon Valley have to offer...
Right -- I just did that very move (San Jose, CA to Troy, NY), here's what I learned.
Affordible housing
I now pay 25% of what I used to, same size apartment. If we continued to pay the same amount for housing as we did out there, we could own a house outright in 3 years. Never mind the tax benefits.
jobs,
I kept my Silicon Valley job, working remotely as we type.
stability,
Yeah the stability of the market and companies in turmoil. The stability of your options being so far underwater that they are teaching you how to swim.
light traffic,
Lighter perhaps than it was, but can't beat no commute at all. Even with the "lighter" traffic it would still bunch up and take 45min to drive the 15mi home each night. Never mind my friends who drove the 1.5hrs from SF each day.
companies with reasonable hours,
Reasonable -- how's this... my entire team is on PST, that gives me an extra 3 hrs each morning before anyone gets in to do whatever I want.
good schools...
No kids.;)
I think you're just scared of your over priced house not going for what it used to.:P
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It is because one of the co-authors (Landon) of the lavarnd code likes bats.
All the same things that we in the Silicon Valley have to offer...
Right -- I just did that very move (San Jose, CA to Troy, NY), here's what I learned.
Affordible housing
I now pay 25% of what I used to, same size apartment. If we continued to pay the same amount for housing as we did out there, we could own a house outright in 3 years. Never mind the tax benefits.
jobs,
I kept my Silicon Valley job, working remotely as we type.
stability,
Yeah the stability of the market and companies in turmoil. The stability of your options being so far underwater that they are teaching you how to swim.
light traffic,
Lighter perhaps than it was, but can't beat no commute at all. Even with the "lighter" traffic it would still bunch up and take 45min to drive the 15mi home each night. Never mind my friends who drove the 1.5hrs from SF each day.companies with reasonable hours,
Reasonable -- how's this ... my entire team is on PST, that gives me an extra 3 hrs each morning before anyone gets in to do whatever I want.
good schools...
No kids. ;)
I think you're just scared of your over priced house not going for what it used to. :P
if someone that dumb hacked all those places