Facebook, Twitter and VC firms consider life outside Silicon Valley as they shift to remote work

The coronavirus is reshaping the workings of Silicon Valley, the epicenter of U.S. tech culture and innovation for 70 years.
Tech titans and VCs in the region have embraced remote work and Facebook, Twitter and Square are mapping out their strategies for a distributed workforce.
The hope is this will open up a wider talent pipeline throughout the U.S. and the world.

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Quitting Your Job as Political Protest Is a Lot Easier If You’re in Tech

There’s at least one thing more remarkable than the sheer number of employees who left Coinbase Inc. last week over disagreements with the company’s ban on political speech. It’s that they did so while the U.S. faces an unemployment crisis and rising uncertainty over the economic outlook post-election.

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