Baton Rouge also has a salary issue. Hopefully some more jobs with market rates will keep some talent in the area. I would have probably stayed in BR, but, other than my first professional job there, too little money for too much work.
So far, the west coast has been good to me ;) On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Edmund Cramp <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s the front page in The Advocate today “IBM announcement stirs > excitement in downtown > BR<http://theadvocate.com/home/5592193-125/ibm-announcement-stirs-excitement-in>” > although I wonder if the major benefit of the project will be to encourage > a few more Indian restaurants in town … this would be a good thing of > course but given the shambles that seems to be education here, I suspect > they will be importing most of the talent. I hope that I’m wrong.****I > think that Jarred is spot on – outside of Louisiana there’s is a reservoir > of talent that makes it easy to decide to live there because if one job > folds it’s easy to find another one – Baton Rouge doesn’t have that and as > a result, advertising locally for workers is fruitless which is why we have > to go out of state for all our development and production. This probably > explains why, according to one of the comments on the Advocate story, the > IBM jobs are costing 90k each in subsidies.**** > > Edmund Cramp > -- > > **** > > ** ** > > *From:* General [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brad > Bendily > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:03 PM > *To:* general > *Subject:* Re: [brlug-general] WOW!**** > > ** ** > > Yeah. This isn't some bogus company with a few developers, this is a HUGE > deal for Baton Rouge area technology.**** > > It's like when McDonalds builds on an empty corner somewhere and everyone > else follows them and builds there too. > When IBM shows up in your town, others are sure to follow.**** > > ** ** > > IMO. :-**** > > ** ** > > b**** > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Jarred White <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > IBM isn't cool per se, but new business (especially business with > recognizable names) in Baton Rouge is a good thing, especially when they > agree to develop property. The difference between Atlanta and Baton Rouge > (at least as far as this conversation is concerned) is: choice. I could > leave the job I'm at tomorrow and immediately go somewhere else in a place > like Atlanta. I can't return to Louisiana until I have options, so I think > this is great news. **** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Joshua Frugé <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Wait, when did ibm become cool?**** > > Maybe this will bring some brlug members back...doubtful b/c of the not > cool thing ;)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:50 PM, mat branyon <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > I move that we make emoticons mandatory for all brlug communication :-/*** > * > > ** ** > > Also, I wonder just how many members of this list are no longer in BR?**** > > ** ** > > Addendum: BR needs a hackerspace to be cool, just like > www.denhac.org(warning: self promotion) > **** > > ** ** > > P.S. :), :P, and probably >:O**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Jarred White <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > No worries. There's definitely some correlation there :(**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Keith Stokes <[email protected]> wrote:*** > * > > I'm kidding. No offense meant at all. :-)**** > > ** ** > > On Mar 27, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Jarred White wrote:**** > > > > **** > > Didn't I imply that above? I said that Brad leaving would make it even > cooler. Also: relax guy.**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Keith Stokes <[email protected]> wrote:*** > * > > Um, er, maybe it was *your* leaving that made it start getting cool.**** > > ** ** > > On Mar 27, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Jarred White wrote:**** > > > > **** > > I hate that Baton Rouge was apparently waiting until after I left to start > getting cool. Now if you could get rid of Brad Bendily I bet it would > really take off.**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Brad Bendily <[email protected]> wrote:** > ** > > BRAC Welcomes IBM to the Capital Region**** > > Project will create eight hundred jobs, a stronger economy, and a > transformed skyline **** > > ** ** > > http://www.brac.org/brac/news_detail.asp?article=1675**** > > ** ** > > -- > Have Mercy & Say Yeah **** > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > > > > -- > "The world's my oyster, a hotel room's my prison cell..." **** > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > ** ** > > > ---**** > > ** ** > > Keith Stokes**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > > > > -- > "The world's my oyster, a hotel room's my prison cell..." **** > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > ** ** > > > ---**** > > ** ** > > Keith Stokes**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > > > > -- > "The world's my oyster, a hotel room's my prison cell..." **** > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > > > > -- > "The world's my oyster, a hotel room's my prison cell..." **** > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Have Mercy & Say Yeah **** > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
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