You got downvoted probably mostly for the form of your comment, but you're not wrong IMO.
I wish MA would look into banning over-the-top non competes, and revisit the default IP regulation.
I wish MA would look into banning over-the-top non competes, and revisit the default IP regulation.
They did look into it. The legislature adjourned before the house and senate versions were reconciled.
http://www.massachusettsnoncompetelaw.com/2016/08/ma-legisla...
I do agree that banning non-competes would be good.
https://www.boston.com/jobs/jobs-news/2016/07/11/boston-home...
However, in the context of the Bay area, consider the following paragraph:
"CBRE’s report notes that over the past five years, the cost of living in Boston has climbed by 118 percent. Even a software developer earning the average salary of $108,270 per year could grow tired of a rent well over $2,000 per month."
The article also cites people returning home and better city experience (bigger city/better climate ?)
Certainly not unimportant issues as is overall tech job growth. But brain drain usually means a net outflow of mature workers.
Boston is small, the public transportation system kind of sucks, and everything closes early. And trying to change those things raises a lot of neighborhood groups' hackles. The rents are high and a lot of the housing stock is old. All stuff that drives young people away, I'm guessing.