Devolution of infotech in the US away from Silicon Valley/San Francisco is a topic I've been sporadically obsessed with for a while. So absurdly ironic that the industry which makes things virtual has such a strong value on physical centralization. This article covers the issue, hoping that Covid-driven remote work arrangements break the cycle. I sure hope so...though I do remember a similar sentiment at the dawn of the internet, but perhaps we weren't ready then.
So many benefits to geographical diversification:
- Ability of employees to live where they want--both in a different part of the metro from the office, and different metro entirely (or not in a metro per se).
- Diffusion of entrepreneurship, wealth and concommitant benefits to other parts of the country--some of which really could use it.
- Optimization of the labor market, both for employees and employers
- Savings to employers on the high cost of office space. Savings to employees on
- Savings of time can benefit employees and employers. As a 10+ year full-time-telecommuter, that was my rough philosophy--I get half the time saved, employer gets half the time saved.
- Nuances, such as the fact that (salaried, mostly) employees can adjust working hours to match their personal productiivty. Even for jobs that have core hours, you can decide whether to "stay late" to finish a backlog, or come back to it when you get a second wind at 10:00pm.
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