Above: Tech Immigrants: A Map of Silicon Valley's Imported Talent
Image Credit: Graphic by Bloomberg Businessweek
Where does Silicon Valley’s talent come from? This incredibly detailed map tells all.
The visualization, made by Bloomberg Businessweek, shows the top 100 sources of “imported talent,” from both U.S. states and foreign countries.
According to Bloomberg, “Asian Americans became the majority of the tech workforce in the Valley” in 2010; and one third of Valley startups “are founded by Indian Americans.” In addition, Mexico, Texas, and Arizona rank among the top ten sources of Silicon Valley talent, Bloomberg claims.
Most importantly, this graphic makes crystal-clear why countless entrepreneurs and investorsconsider immigration reform a top priority. See the graphic in full right here
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Yes, Mexico is #1 source of tech talents in Silicon Valley :) and Philippines is #6.
Forty-nine states are mentioned, but not California. Is this a comment on the general level of education in California that we can't even make the "top 100" cut in our own state?
What would be more interesting would be to see the statistic on Silicon Valley workers diagnosed with Mental Health disorders such as; Depression and Anxiety and including BiPolar as well as Schizophrenia. Add to that the levels of THC consumed in this niche communities and that in and of itself is what separates Silicon Valley from other areas with loads of start ups. I would predict that these higher percentages of individuals suffering from these mental health disorders would mimic other areas such as Wall Street.
What does this mean? Is this where people grew up? Went to college? Lived before moving to Silicon Valley?
What is truly most interesting is that folks in Silicon Valley think of themselves as having "talent" like they are artists or ballet dancers...
The arrogance of this "talent" nomenclature tells us a lot about a culture that does not value people. Note to Silicon Valley: About 95% of the time having lots of money or making lots of money in business has nothing at all to do with what you call "talent."
@Rick Geiger Really? Software development doesn't require talent? As an actor and someone who has worked with a fair number of developers, I'd say there is a certain level of talent required to reach the upper echelons in either field.
I'd like to see the raw data too as their chart and list of top sources appear to be all wrong. See my comment above and the raw data posted at http://econdataus.com/svbirthplace.htm .
According to the 2012 Census data at http://econdataus.com/svbirthplace.htm , Canada is 21st among all residents, 15th among all tech workers, and 27th among computer and math workers.
And...how do we know that the "talent" is equally distributed? This shows the "annual average influx of residents". VB is fast becoming the Huffpo of tech news.
That's what I was wondering. Seems to me that some of those in the chart are not core tech.
WA State is #4, but buried. The graph makes it look very underrepresented.
Can anyone reproduce this data? I tried using the 2008-2012 ACS 5-year estimates and it doesn't allow selection of an area smaller than California. Also, it's not clear what professions they are defining as "tech". In any event, it's hard to see how to reconcile their chart with the ACS data for 2011 at http://econdataus.com/svcountry.html . Athttp://econdataus.com/ferrett1.htm , you can find instructions for duplicating the similar data athttp://econdataus.com/svworkers.html .
Thats a lot of wasted time making this, how about you do what colleges make this up.
why isn't California listed? Is it because it is viewed as redundant or that it does not fare well and so the redundancy is a convenient excuse not to list it? Or are my acuity skills too weak to see it (or I just read too fast)...
Wow! Philippines at Number 6! #startupph - and we thought us Australians were so massive in the valley :)
That's what I'm saying! Mexico leading the way in the most competitive environment in the WORLD! First, we take the Valley, then the WORLD!!!
Immigration reform - start up visas - need more voices on the hill for tech entrepreneurs