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69FunnyNumberGuy420 OP t1_j9pu6jt wrote

Reply to comment by alexp8771 in Pittsburgh driverless truck startup Locomation to close by 69FunnyNumberGuy420

The jobs aren't "moving back to the west coast," they were eliminated because the concept is not viable.

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akmalhot t1_j9py73b wrote

and where do you think those highly paid engineers are going? prob to a tech hub since pitt seems to be unable to materialize itself as a viable spot despit ehaving many of the advantages that RDU, nashville, texas have outside of tax incentives.

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ToonMaster21 t1_j9r67nn wrote

They aren’t going anywhere, if they even live here, because remote work exists for highly paid engineers.

Source: both my wife and I live here and work for companies in other tech hubs.

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perioorno t1_j9rair3 wrote

Obviously that's possible . You assume that Pittsburgh is where they want to live .

There's still value to being inside a tech hub.

There's also , you know, beach towns, no tax states, lake houses, mountain houses , NYC, so cal.

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ToonMaster21 t1_j9rd7wi wrote

Right. I’m here because of family and our relatively avg COL.

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perioorno t1_j9rfik3 wrote

Point is in no way is it good for Pittsburgh, and only potential loss of engineers

They also aren't shuttering completely it's down to the core team

Cries in seed investments

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