SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley may be the cradle for tech start-ups, but some foreign-born executives, engineers and scientists are leaving because of better opportunities back home, strict immigration laws here and the dreary California economy with its high cost of living.
Software engineer Vinod Kumar is staying with EMC but moving to his homeland of India after a decade in the Valley. Eric Diep hasn't given up entirely on the Valley. But most employees at his social-gaming start-up, A Thinking Ape, are in another office in his native Canada.
The 2-year-old company is shifting people to Vancouver, where it says engineering talent is more affordable, the government is more supportive and work visas are less hassle.
The talent-exodus problems don't end there. Fewer foreign students are coming to the Valley to earn engineering and science degrees, according to the Silicon Valley Index, which takes the economic pulse of the Valley each year.
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Author: Jon
Swartz
