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A P.S. (to counter the acerbity of my comment in reply to tptacek):

It's a really, really big world, filled with really bright people. They can't all be in SV/NYC/Bos/Chi/Aus/whatever…and if they were, the world would be worse off for it. There's important work to be done in every locale, and there's no sense in implying that one is lesser because of where one sleeps.

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> there's no sense in implying that one is lesser because of where one sleeps

I think the intended implication is not one of personal value, but that aspiring engineers might have an easier time living in proximity to large pools of talent and opportunity.

Yes, but network effects are not limited to just social media and the internet as a whole. Physically clustering together smart, ambitious individuals produces tremendous side effects in opportunities and innovation that are difficult to impossible to recreate with today's technology. This might change but, for now, they are not on equal ground.

A good read on the subject:

http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html

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