Moving to texas as a remote california tech worker is incredibly common, but it mostly comes down to not wanting to pay california taxes. That being said, it’s important to note that the majority of west coast tech workers give fuck all about the common good or societal improvements, or they wouldn’t work for facebook/google etc
Very true, though I think in the early days of the Silicon Valley boom most tech workers were liberal democrats, whereas since tech finally became very measurably lucrative, it’s since been flooded by neocons and techno-libertarians
They don’t think they are right leaning, they think they are liberal because they voted against the slavery thing when the central valley was all ready to enslave.
Moving to texas as a remote california tech worker is incredibly common, but it mostly comes down to not wanting to pay california taxes. That being said, it’s important to note that the majority of west coast tech workers give fuck all about the common good or societal improvements, or they wouldn’t work for facebook/google etc
Wow you think they even give fuckall? None of the tech workers I know do.
That’s all right-wingers, though, isn’t it? Until life slaps them in the tits and all the horrible shit they champion affects them personally.
Very true, though I think in the early days of the Silicon Valley boom most tech workers were liberal democrats, whereas since tech finally became very measurably lucrative, it’s since been flooded by neocons and techno-libertarians
When your first job nets you $250k plus stock, why would you think there’s an issue with capitalism?
It’s not even that it attracts a certain type, it also makes that type
They don’t think they are right leaning, they think they are liberal because they voted against the slavery thing when the central valley was all ready to enslave.
If one is inclined, one can tell oneself that they are a good person and they are making the company better by being there.