Opportunity, Lost – NY HQ2 Loss from a NY Software Engineer's Perspective

The Amazon HQ2 search was a huge con game. They did not award NYC a second HQ of 50,000 jobs, the prize, but only a large satellite of 25,000 jobs. This is called bait and switch. An unanswered question is "where would 25,000 new families live?"

A large tech company will suck the life out of the startup environment due to better pay, benefits, technical challenges, and prestige. New York state allows non-compete agreements, so it is hard to change tech companies.