[Elecraft] User's Dilemma

[Jim Brown]

On 12/15/2023 12:41 PM, KJ7SOY wrote:
> and the primary industry (about 80% of the business in the area) is
> agriculture. People won’t move to small/medium sized agricultural
> communities because there isn’t a lot there for them, so importing
> skilled staff isn’t feasible.

That's a pretty limited description of the Monterey Bay area, which 
Watsonville roughly centers. Since 2006, I've lived about 20 miles north 
in the Santa Cruz Mountains. There's a LOT of technical talent around 
here. Watsonville is 40-50 miles from Silicon Valley, and people from 
this area commute to, or work remotely for companies based there.

The real issues are 1) cost of living -- it ain't cheap to live here, 
and 2) there's a lot of competition for talent. It's a great place to 
live, it's also popular with tourists. When I raised the manpower issue 
with Wayne in direct email several years ago, his response was something 
like, "have you tried hiring technical talent recently?"

 > With the current global labor shortage it’s close to impossible to
 > hire people in ANY industry, and electronics fabrication and repair is
 > no exception.

Yep!

73, Jim K9YC