TheGrandNagus , 10 months ago

Then to add on top of this, once an industry gets built up in one place, it usually takes root and grows there a lot, and other places get left behind.

Silicon valley has a lot of tech/software companies, so that’s where people go. By setting up shop there, you get access to a huge pool of talent.

Another area where this is easy to see is in F1. Pretty much all of the teams are based in the UK or do the bulk of their design and engineering there, despite flying flags for other countries.

Why? Is it because Brits are inherently better engineers than others? Is there something in the water that makes them better at F1 engineering? Of course not.

That’s just where all the talent has concentrated, so the teams would be crazy to go elsewhere. They’d be cutting themselves off from a huge talent pool and their employees being able to bounce ideas off of other local people in the industry who aren’t necessarily part of the same team.

If places outside the US/California want to grow their tech sector, they need to put work into making tech hubs that rival silicon valley. And that will be a massive undertaking.