tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post8133077384836895379..comments2023-10-27T03:16:03.213-04:00Comments on Burgh Diaspora: High-Tech Talent TradeJim Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-46072528823677087012012-07-03T22:45:31.530-04:002012-07-03T22:45:31.530-04:00What do you imagine comes after innovation and kno...<i>What do you imagine comes after innovation and knowledge?</i><br /><br />Talent production. That's my guess.<br /><br />Agriculture->Manufacturing->Innovation->?Jim Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-52516243467092451852012-07-03T22:25:49.692-04:002012-07-03T22:25:49.692-04:00What do you imagine comes after innovation and kno...What do you imagine comes after innovation and knowledge? Are you suggesting an 'end of the enlightenment and scientific revolution' moment much as Fukuyama's "end of history"?Matthew Hallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-77330926254093275472012-07-03T21:54:17.701-04:002012-07-03T21:54:17.701-04:00It is what I think comes after the Innovation/Know...It is what I think comes after the Innovation/Knowledge Economy, which looks to be in decline.Jim Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-53982392851258442792012-07-03T21:37:30.776-04:002012-07-03T21:37:30.776-04:00What is the "talent economy"?What is the "talent economy"?Matthew Hallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-22224707616930670152012-07-03T19:33:51.933-04:002012-07-03T19:33:51.933-04:00The default assumption is that talent won't mi...The default assumption is that talent won't migrate. More and more places are effectively competing for the talent that will migrate. Few places are adept at meeting local demand for talent without inmigration.<br /><br />Pittsburgh's talent production engine is without peer, anywhere in the world. The pipeline is locally oriented. It's easier to move there than it is to compete with a growing number of places for talent.Jim Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-83433072816867957622012-07-03T19:17:26.437-04:002012-07-03T19:17:26.437-04:00So, if I'm understanding your thinking, which ...So, if I'm understanding your thinking, which I may not be, young people coming out of college are not tied down by underwater housing because they don't own houses, so they are still free to pick up and leave for their "dream locale", New York, Seattle, SF, whatever. But because high tech and finance are on the downside of their historic economic curves, the companies located in those global cities can no longer pay the kind of salary required to live decently in those places, thus "need to move" to cheaper places that produce talent, such as Pittsburgh. But if this is true, shouldn't that really be that they "want to move" to those places? That is, they would rather have that talent "stuck in Pittsburgh", so they can take advantage of the talent more cheaply. But why is the talent going to stay if they're not part of the "stuck economy"? Are you suggesting that Google and Amazon showing up with jobs in Pittsburgh will induce top grads to stay, even if their dream city is NYC? Or are you suggesting that Google, et al will be taking advantage of a "diaspora" workforce, i.e. those who left for NYC, got tired of it, and came back while still fairly young? Or am I missing the point completely?Davenoreply@blogger.com