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		dekhn on June 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google executives see cracks in their company’s su... Sure, I knew a ton of PhDs who were workign on random unrelated stuff (like, protein folding genius -> building next gen music UI). You can retain a lot of talent in SV by paying more than other people so that those employees can buy a house here.

Apocryphon on June 21, 2021 [–]

The whole talent hoarding strategy by big tech sounds anti-competitive as all hell, in spirit if not by any applicable letter of the law.

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