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As recent as a few years ago, many felt Texas had a promising chance to advance their career ambitions in tech. Gov. Greg Abbott courted Californians by promising "less government" and "smarter regulations," and in 2021, Houston ranked No. 2 for growing tech markets during the pandemic. However, the policies Abbott has pushed have led some to think Texas is now among the worst states to live and work.

But old Austin attitudes have clashed with the enterprising mindset of bosses in the tech industry. Founder and angel investor Mike Chang lamented to Insider that "Austin is where ambition goes to die."

Chang also shared his disappointment over a talent disparity between San Francisco and Austin, and other reports tend to agree. CBRE’s list of the top tech talent markets put Austin outside the top five while San Francisco enjoyed the No. 1 spot. A major reason for that is tech talent being almost 12 percent of total employment in the San Francisco Bay Area, whereas the average is 5.6 percent in other cities.

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[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn. I lived there 20 years ago too, so I can't imagine how much worse it is now

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hottest summer in Houston on record, for the past two months it very rarely dropped under 80F at night and the highs broke records too. Didn't quite make it to 110F at my house but it's been fucked since July.

edit: ah shit I'm wrong, got to 110.7F here. It's 111F we didn't quite hit. So hot my memory's going.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I couldn't handle that. Fortunately made it out. Living in the desert and it is so nice to have no humidity. Even 110 here is better than 95 in Houston

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd like to spend some time in the desert, it seems relatively nice if dry heat doesn't bother you

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is! And the other half the year is nice dry, cool weather. Too bad, it'll ground zero for the water wars

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Once I finish my bus conversion I'll be out there at least part of the year