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Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta

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140 points 7d7n | 1 comments | 18 Feb 21 16:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kirktrue ◴[18 Feb 21 17:32 UTC] No.26182797[source]▶
The article subheading states:

  Airbnb needed an East Coast home.
Why particularly an east coast home vs. just another home? What's the strategic benefit of the east coast in particular?
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1. sdljfjafsd ◴[18 Feb 21 18:22 UTC] No.26183473[source]▶
Time zones are important if your teams rely on synchronous communication (slack, zoom, etc.). My org has gone "remote" but we still rely heavily on synchronous communication so we still prefer to hire people in the same time zone.

Time zones are also important if you are doing customer or client support.