The bay area offers a guaranteed supply of qualified employees.
A tech firm in Boise might not be able to hire and Elixir developer at any price.
In SF, there will be employees as long as you have cash. Not so elsewhere.
A tech firm in Boise might not be able to hire and Elixir developer at any price.
In SF, there will be employees as long as you have cash. Not so elsewhere.
I think the timescale matters. If it became known over a period of years that some company was paying $1mm for Elixir devs in Boise, loads of folks would consider learning Elixir and moving to Boise.
There are plenty of businesses that don't need to be on fancy infrastructure or use the coolest new language for their backend.