Tech workers think Silicon Valley and startups are losing their luster
<p><pre><code>    &gt; “There is more opportunity for tech professionals in more places than ever before,”
    &gt;  wrote Terence Chiu, vice president of Indeed Prime by email, citing cities such as
    &gt; Austin, Boston, Seattle, and New York City.
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Or simply from home. I&#x27;ve been working from home the last year, doing coding for a startup idea (for others, not my own project).<p>Seriously, in the age of the Internet, and of looong traffic jams on 101 and on the various Bay bridges, if an employer insists every programmer has to hang around in that area something is off in their thinking. As someone who <i>did</i> hang around there (during the dot com boom), at several companies and visiting many more as part of the job, it is overrated, especially for programmers. Sure it&#x27;s better to be around the coworkers everything else being equal - but everything else <i>is not</i> equal. The costs of doing so (not just monetary) is very high.<p>It&#x27;s a beautiful area alright, I lived in the Presidio at the end (that&#x27;s the huge park right next to the Golden Gate bridge), perfect. But not all people can live in the same place... (PS: By the way, the East Bay has <i>great</i> places too! The Oakland hills near the top, for tens of miles, have some of the most beautifully located properties in the entire Bay Area. Plus endless parks and trails and horse riding, etc., not to mention the incredible views. And in Oakland visit Jack London Square and then walk downtown.)