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by j2labs 5132 days ago
It's because the tech community in NYC has been very outgoing and aggressive in sharing all the awesome things they're doing.

The Hacker culture is already awesome but keeps getting awesomer. People are hanging out, sharing idea and building things because they want things to be awesome.

Other cultures have vibrant communities too. Designers. Thinkers. Financial. Branding. Services. Everyone has a network that's accessible and self-selected into outgoing, aggressive creators.

It's not often that people are so motivated, but it's happening in NYC right now.
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jayzee 5132 days ago
I think that the tech scene in nyc is anti-correlated with the stock market. I remember there was no activity when I was there and it started picking up post 2008 when the banks started laying off/stopped hiring technical people...

If the stock market picks up again I think that the tech scene will start receding. It is hard for quite a few people to turn down the pay that banks offer for the uncertain economic rewards of a startup.

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michaelpinto 5132 days ago
Something to think about in terms of the NYC finance industry: As time goes on it employs less and less people -- even when things are going well. I also think that Gen Y students getting out of school (CS majors) aren't as much into "working for the man" which make them not just more interested in started something, but in making something. On the biz school of things if the economy turns up it could get rid of the "me too flake factor" which improves the quality of the community.
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Swizec 5132 days ago
I am Gen Y and I can't even imagine myself working for the man.
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sliverstorm 5132 days ago
Why? The Man has some really cool projects to work on with really smart people and plenty of funding, if you know where to look.
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draggnar 5132 days ago
Which man matters more than the company's size.
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yashchandra 5132 days ago
"If the stock market picks up again I think that the tech scene will start receding."

Not so sure about that. Once bitten, twice shy. I work for the man in NYC but regardless of how the stock market does, my interest in tech. and startups will not recede.

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j2labs 5131 days ago
It's interesting to me that this comment had more points, but has gone down.

If you are downvoting me, would you mind explaining why? Do you not agree?

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