I highly doubt your second sentence is true
They do have a very proactive government that deploys experimental technology in highly public pilots. That you doubt it’s not true is purely because it’s an African country.
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kolikotime commented on Now Open – AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/... · Posted by u/EwanToo
No it's not, if I'm based in Tunisia for example, why would I pick that region over one in Europe?
I perhaps should have qualified this with Sub Saharan Africa. Tunisia and the rest of North Africa might as well culturally be another world.
kolikotime commented on Now Open – AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/... · Posted by u/EwanToo
Awesome news, especially for gaming on the continent. I won't lie, AWS Cape Town is kind of a dream gig for African technologists.
kolikotime commented on New Zealand relied on science and empathy bbc.com/news/world-asia-5... · Posted by u/colinprince
> warm
"Temperate" I'd agree on, but not "warm".
For the past month temps have virtually been in the 60s/70s as it’s their summer/early fall. By Global north standards that’s warm.
kolikotime commented on New Zealand relied on science and empathy bbc.com/news/world-asia-5... · Posted by u/colinprince
New Zealand also is a relatively isolated warm island nation with far less international travel to it than literally the rest of the Western World. So please excuse me with all of the tribute to it for its performance.
kolikotime commented on New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus movebuddha.com/blog/new-y... · Posted by u/rcarrigan87
Define "great". A lot of people don't give a fuck about blings aside from cushy job. So far blings are what make up for the sad reality of city living. But if cushy jobs are not restricted to few areas anymore... Why bother.
Most companies are not going to go fully distributed. Partial remote? Sure. Maybe a few full remote roles set aside for superstars? Sure. But mass distributed remote? Highly unlikely. This experiment hasn’t gone that well.
kolikotime commented on New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus movebuddha.com/blog/new-y... · Posted by u/rcarrigan87
I think the aftermath of coronavirus is really going to be larger that most people are anticipating when it comes to work and migration patterns:
1. In the past 25 years there has been a huge re-migration back to cores of major cities. I think that is going to stop.
2. Suburbs and exurbs I think will become way more popular. The normal limiting factor on those locations is the commute, but I think so many more companies will be used to remote work after this (even if they don't necessarily prefer it) that you'll see a lot more "come into the office once or twice a week" type things that make living in the exurbs a lot more bearable.
3. I don't foresee migration away from the major metros. People will still go where the jobs are, and if anything I see the pandemic making strong companies stronger and smaller, weaker companies weaker. Definitely would not be willing to put a lot of money down on this 3rd point, though, could see a trend toward 2nd/3rd tier cities.
I think your third point is mostly strong. I see most companies going to partial remote but staying in their current locations. For growth to 2nd/3rd tier cities to dominate we’d need to see stronger job growth there than in major metros, or for near universal remote work. Also with this huge recession most people will be more hesitant to move without a secured job. I think your assertion is correct.
kolikotime commented on New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus movebuddha.com/blog/new-y... · Posted by u/rcarrigan87
I've entertained the idea, but then again, if I stick around I might get a sweet deal on a condo.
Property prices are definitely already declining in the city, so this could be a smart move as well.
kolikotime commented on New Yorkers consider relocating post coronavirus movebuddha.com/blog/new-y... · Posted by u/rcarrigan87
This isn’t any surprise, we will see a swelling of growth in Westchester, Long Island, Southern Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey, especially if partial remote work stays normalised as well. I don’t see a massive exodus out of the metro area, but the suburban share will likely grow.
kolikotime commented on O'Reilly closes its events business twitter.com/LauraABaldwin... · Posted by u/mprev
A sign of the times.