Will high-tech companies leave because of what's going on in the state?

[LLN]

Originally Posted by VASpaceMan

I'm a techie, just had a baby and was potentially looking at RTP for a place to settle my family. I'm originally from the region, Va Beach. I was happy to find what I thought was a dash of Silicon Valley here near family and old friends. I'm now having to take a hard look at figuring out whether the future of North Carolina is a slice of Silicon Valley in the southeast or a new Mississippi.

If you have to look hard, I suggest you move on. We are trying to up the literacy rate.

[BoBromhal]

Originally Posted by VASpaceMan

Care to revisit this statement from 3 years ago?

sure.

it's a 3 year old thread. What happened over those 3 years? Continued growth.

Secondly, the "1,000 jobs lost" is just headline-scraping....

"as well as a technology company that was considering the creation of up to 1,000 jobs in our region."

...is what was in the Chamber's statement. Did this unnamed tech company have 1,000 employees now? We don't know. I could have a tech company that employed 1 person last year, employs 10 now, and claim I'm on a path to employ 1,000 in 2 years.


Now, I am also on record on these forums as opposing both HB2 and the Charlotte law. I don't personally feel there was any need either way to codify which bathroom folks that legitimately "identify" as another gender use. More importantly and relevant, if it's true that all discrimination claims get ignored at the state level and are kicked up to the federal EEOC, I'm opposed to that too.

[VASpaceMan]

Originally Posted by LLN

If you have to look hard, I suggest you move on. We are trying to up the literacy rate.

Hmm.. a techie who's worked at NASA several times and a variety of big name technology companies around the country is going to lower your literacy rate? You may want to pay more attention to the ocean of willfully ignorant bigots surrounding Raleigh and Charlotte and the government officials that they are electing who are trying to turn your New South state into 1800s Mississippi if you are concerned about that.