Anonymous

I live & work in San Diego. If I could say one thing about this area it would be more people have no work ethic here than other parts of the country. Almost half of the employees in the company I work for is incompetent or doesn’t care. They are just here for the free buck. Almost all (except maybe a handful of) consultants we have hired have done a crappy job of what they were hired for.

So, If I were to start a business, I would definitely look elsewhere.

If it matters, I do digital ASIC design.

Ryan

Thanks for the comment. This is interesting, but not entirely suprising. I know San Diego is a more relaxed place, but it is rated as a “top city” for entrepreneurs: http://www.entrepreneur.com/bestcities/region/large.html. Any comment on the disconnect? Maybe the growth is in a different industry…

Bryan

I live here in San Diego as well. There are a ton of biotech and engineering entrepreneurs here in San Diego, so maybe those industries are dominating the survey. In any case, a buddy and I (both in our final year of grad school) are considering doing some independent marketing consulting and possibly even turning it into our own company. I’ve been doing a lot of reading on the subject recently, so I’d certainly be interested in speaking with you.

kurt

I live in OC and work in LA, I’d be interested in meeting up.

Kiran

This is interesting. I just moved to San Diego in August and so far have found it suprisingly not laid back (I am used to the East coast bustle of Boston/NYC). Now I work in La Jolla so maybe that’s it, but the people are pretty intense and there quite a number of workaholics. There are a bunch of ridiculous strict rules where I work though that make abolutely no sense. I feel like the managers would rather have authoritarian power than actually increase productivity.