Tech Talent
topic on 3 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
the Startup Ideas Podcast 
the a16z Podcast 
20VC
6 statements about Tech Talent, every show
Kevin Ryan: Miami Lacks Tech Talent and Will Not Become a Major Hub
“But I'm not seeing the tech talent in Miami, and I don't think it's going to get there.”
Isenberg: Elite tech talent availability surged dramatically in 2023
“So right now there's tons of talent that's coming online and I had two, two or three interviews today of candidates that one year ago, two years ago, we would have never had the opportunity to speak to these people. Yet now they're like knocking on our door.”
Schroeder: Over-regulation in emerging tech markets will trigger brain drain
“These ecosystems will thrive if the top-down institutions lean in and help them. And to the degree that they slow them down, the good news is that these are more mobile talent than ever before. They will go elsewhere. There will be brain drain.”
De Rycker: Market downturns concentrate tech talent into the best startups
“The good news is I think you can maybe focus talent, concentrate talent again, In some of the really great businesses versus this fragmentation of talent that happened.”
Eisenberg: Market bust will reallocate tech talent but won't reduce salaries
“A bust in the past and maybe now would reallocate some of that talent around. I actually don't think it would reduce the cost of it for what it's worth, given how scarce the talent is, but I think it could reallocate it to better places.”
Remote engineering salary savings easily cover travel costs for team retreats
“But in, in my experience, the Competition on tech talent and the top engineers in the world in Silicon Valley has grown to a point where that if you hire a person outside here, like you go to even Portland or Seattle or Vancouver, or even London or Tokyo, whic…”