Most of these articles were written from a certain perspective for a certain demographic. I have friends with kids, who are minorities, who have decent/good paying jobs and they never entertained the idea for a second of moving from the Bay Area.
We chatted weighing the good and bad of going full remote and moving to a less expensive city. Racism in SF or LA is bad, but it's a known quantity. Being a minority and having to deal with racism in Boise, Idaho, for example, was something they didn't feel comfortable with.
Also, as a Miami native who's been to some of the meetups and gatherings (we never really shut down) it's been interesting. So far I've seen more of the finance and marketing side of tech companies than the tech side. I've been meeting with different startups to learn more of their tech stack and to see if they're recruiting and rarely has the architect been there. I'm not sure how that bodes for Miami being a tech incubator if the SWEs are so hard to find.
We chatted weighing the good and bad of going full remote and moving to a less expensive city. Racism in SF or LA is bad, but it's a known quantity. Being a minority and having to deal with racism in Boise, Idaho, for example, was something they didn't feel comfortable with.
Also, as a Miami native who's been to some of the meetups and gatherings (we never really shut down) it's been interesting. So far I've seen more of the finance and marketing side of tech companies than the tech side. I've been meeting with different startups to learn more of their tech stack and to see if they're recruiting and rarely has the architect been there. I'm not sure how that bodes for Miami being a tech incubator if the SWEs are so hard to find.