tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post7002449668984935481..comments2024-03-21T14:54:29.876+05:30Comments on Exploring The Future of Work : Microsoft moved to VancouverGautam Ghoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691216163099240523noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-56538441854958614182007-07-15T02:12:00.000+05:302007-07-15T02:12:00.000+05:30If only they had thought of this last year, things...If only they had thought of this last year, things might have been really different for me.<BR/><BR/>Anyways a good move by Microsoft and in a short time too (considering they generally take a loooot of time to make decisions). A case of if the horse can not come to the well then the well needs to be moved.Gabbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900806404651364260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623132.post-44278163819235467552007-07-11T01:46:00.000+05:302007-07-11T01:46:00.000+05:30Few people are getting the full implications of th...Few people are getting the full implications of the announcement of the Microsoft Development Center in Vancouver, British Columbia. For those not aware of it: that is the Vancouver in Canada, north of Seattle, not the one down theI-5 in the way to Portland, Oregon.<BR/><BR/>Microsoft is not only solving the problem of thousands of Indians, Chinese and other immigrants that currently are almost at the end of their H1-B period and have no hope of getting a green card. Microsoft is also paving the way to massive savings that probably would compensate for the aQuantive, Xbox and Great Plains/Navision mistakes in the long run.<BR/><BR/>Microsoft was fighting a lost battle against Silicon Valley and the “Seattle Valley” to get talent at huge cost. Now, instead of paying U$80K to get a junior developer in Redmond, what about paying CAD80K (Canadian Dollars) for a top Software Engineer in Vancouver?<BR/><BR/>Also, think about the consequences for the Redmond region: instead of more and more people competing for houses that get farther each day, now there will be at least 2 thousand people leaving probably in the next 2 years. Pop!Was that the house market in Redmond or Sammamish? Boom! Was that the explosion of house prices in the distant Duvall?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com