This is excellent, and I think there is an element of this strategy used in/within other strategies too. I agree that being physically in a place does make it easier to form deeper relationships, I think also, we're close to it not making much of a difference for some industries. I have coached a lot of career changes in software development and now in the gaming (video and computer games) industry, who have found online communities that act very much like physical places. There are forums and community hubs, that if you have access to and make a name for yourself there, I feel is very similar to being physically in a tech hub.
There are though, careers that literally rely on you being in a physical location too, like certain careers in food or food production... and I suppose these will never be completely replaced by the online.
Thanks so much for these posts, they get my brain humming and give my students/learners/career changes, something to noodle on, outside of what I chat with them about.
Good post. Proximity was essential in the late '90s but this is clearly less the case now, with internet becoming its own "nation".
Thanks!
This is excellent, and I think there is an element of this strategy used in/within other strategies too. I agree that being physically in a place does make it easier to form deeper relationships, I think also, we're close to it not making much of a difference for some industries. I have coached a lot of career changes in software development and now in the gaming (video and computer games) industry, who have found online communities that act very much like physical places. There are forums and community hubs, that if you have access to and make a name for yourself there, I feel is very similar to being physically in a tech hub.
There are though, careers that literally rely on you being in a physical location too, like certain careers in food or food production... and I suppose these will never be completely replaced by the online.
Thanks so much for these posts, they get my brain humming and give my students/learners/career changes, something to noodle on, outside of what I chat with them about.