Silicon Valley++ (again)
Here we go again, another article on how to build a Silicon Valley. Well, this one is not so much about how to build one from scratch, but speculation on where the next one will be. While the other three articles, here, here and here were pretty good, this one not so much.
Several flaws:
- It assumes that all it takes to start a new Silicon Valley is to have a couple of high tech companies nearby (and in some cases, not even high tech companies, just companies with recognizable names). The author thinks that in order to achieve SV-ness status, all you need to have is potential for jobs.
- The article is limited to the US. That alone should make you suspicious of the author’s list.
- The author clearly did not read or understand the articles above. I’ll go with “read” because they’re really not hard to understand.
“Not everyone wants to live the California lifestyle” — Brandon Courtney, vice-president of Spherion professional services, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based staffing and recruitment firm.
Uh okay, I’ll bite. What’s the California lifestyle and how does it differ from the Florida lifestyle? I do have some ideas, was just wondering what this person thought it was.