Full of hustle, Los Angeles tech takes on Silicon Valley

http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/27/los-angeles-tech/

by andrewvc • 15 years ago

14 5 15 years ago

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.

andrewvc• 15 years ago

I read that one, it was a bunch of anecdotes and hearsay. There wasn't much substantive there.

pavel_lishin2• 15 years ago

Isn't that what this is, but with buzzwords thrown in? They lost me at "coöpetition".

That whole article just screams "Stereotypical LA". Buzzwords! Excitement! Sizzling burgers! Boardwalk!

mixmastamyk• 15 years ago

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.

mavin• 15 years ago

Cal Tech, UCLA, USC, UC Irvine etc...there should be plenty of talent...

Full of hustle, Los Angeles tech takes on Silicon Valley

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