Silicon Valley - Brain Drain

samnut (2006-05-18 18:30:45) 评论 (0)

I wrote in a previous post Golden Goose that

Stanford is feeling the pinch. Well now it seems Silicon Valley is feeling the pinch as well.

I read today that despite the economy reaching pre-Internet boom levels, the Valley is facing a serious brain drain. There are a number of reasons for this -

1. High cost of living - it costs more than $500 a square foot to buy a match box size condo in my area.

2.  Salary increases are not keeping up.

3. Severe traffic

You can say that again! 4. Severe traffic.

And....

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