Outside of helping build a startup, you have literally every other job site at your disposal. Go on any of them.
Within the context of building a startup, Sam Altman suggests it is more than 10x easier in SF and SV - however I think it is more like 50x easier. You can talk to 50 people on "startup" terms in FL before you'll find one person who is as qualified and willing to work on a startup, who will actually do it, as you can find in SF.
For better or for worse, HN is a YC property, and it's mostly about startups. In that sense even NY ranks far behind SF.
In fact, you can go farther and say that inside SF, twenty people can build the better part of a billion dollars in value together from nothing. Outside SF, you will get accused of being a thief and trying to take advantage of the same developers. It's a complete non-starter.
I realize most people posting advertisements are somewhat farther along, but the point stands. SF is where they are funded and able to post startup jobs.
Within the context of building a startup, Sam Altman suggests it is more than 10x easier in SF and SV - however I think it is more like 50x easier. You can talk to 50 people on "startup" terms in FL before you'll find one person who is as qualified and willing to work on a startup, who will actually do it, as you can find in SF.
For better or for worse, HN is a YC property, and it's mostly about startups. In that sense even NY ranks far behind SF.
In fact, you can go farther and say that inside SF, twenty people can build the better part of a billion dollars in value together from nothing. Outside SF, you will get accused of being a thief and trying to take advantage of the same developers. It's a complete non-starter.
I realize most people posting advertisements are somewhat farther along, but the point stands. SF is where they are funded and able to post startup jobs.