Cali is the place to be for technology because Cali was the defense contractor hub, with the U.S. Navy choosing the bay area as its center for R&D during WWII and the Cold War. The hippie reputation came a lot later, after its status as the primary place to work in IT was thoroughly cemented, with both established infrastructure and the network effect keeping it that way.
Cali is the place to be for technology because Cali was the defense contractor hub, with the U.S. Navy choosing the bay area as its center for R&D during WWII and the Cold War. The hippie reputation came a lot later, after its status as the primary place to work in IT was thoroughly cemented, with both established infrastructure and the network effect keeping it that way.
HP, for instance, was founded in 1938.