<story><title>Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta</title><url>https://www.protocol.com/airbnb-new-tech-hub-atlanta</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pratik661</author><text>I grew up in metro Atlanta and studied at Georgia Tech. The state government subsidizes college education for grads with a certain GPA (HOPE Scholarship). However, I (and most CS grads I knew) left Atlanta for better paying jobs in NYC&amp;#x2F;Bay Area&amp;#x2F;Seattle&amp;#x2F;Austin. I always wondered why the ATL tech scene was &amp;#x27;underdeveloped&amp;#x27; compared to comparable sized cities like Seattle and Austin, despite having major research institutions (Georgia Tech and Emory) to anchor it.&lt;p&gt;This is what I mean by &amp;#x27;underdeveloped&amp;#x27;:&lt;p&gt;- Most software dev job postings (as of May 2018) have SPECIFIC tech stack requirements. This to me is a red flag. Most recruiters in &amp;#x27;developed&amp;#x27; tech cities assume that software development skills are transferable and that technology stacks&amp;#x2F;frameworks&amp;#x2F;languages can be learned.&lt;p&gt;- The salaries offered were still very low compared to comparable COL locations like Austin&lt;p&gt;- No major FAANG presence to put upward pressure on local developer wages</text></comment>
<story><title>Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta</title><url>https://www.protocol.com/airbnb-new-tech-hub-atlanta</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cletus</author><text>I think a couple of good things may come out of the pandemic:&lt;p&gt;1. Big companies being more amenable to remote work. I don&amp;#x27;t see a total shift to remote to be likely or even desirable but a partial shift is good; and&lt;p&gt;2. An end to the ultimately unsustainable ultra-concentration of tech jobs in places like SF and NYC.&lt;p&gt;I see the likely winners here are Atlanta, Denver&amp;#x2F;Boulder, Dallas&amp;#x2F;Forth Worth, Austin and Tampa. This may well trickle-down to mid-sized regional centers too. Think Boise, Salt Lake City, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, etc.&lt;p&gt;I support this decentralization.</text></comment>