Mon
Feb 6 2012
02:42 am
Interesting idea.
From News-Sentinel ...
The Scenic City is offering hard cash to “geeks” like programmers and network specialists who move to Chattanooga, provided they agree to stay awhile.
Computer developers could receive up to $11,250 in exchange for moving to one of Chattanooga’s historic downtown neighborhoods for five years, in a program modeled after the city’s ArtsMove program that drew two dozen artists to the Southside.
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Exactly!
Why can't smaller towns realize the path to a revitalized downtown could be technology based on an individual by individual basis? All they seem to think about is luring in a big hitter with tax breaks and free land. Start at the lowest end of the spectrum and grow your own big hitter.
Eh?
What? No SmallTalk, Ada, FORTRAN or COBOL coders needed? The nerve.
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A joke I heard: Know how to
A joke I heard:
Know how to find a Visual Studio programmer?
Go to the mall food court, put on a blindfold, throw a dart, the person you hit is it.