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    to be able to compete they will first need to have enough talents in computer science. And also to make sure they get paid decent amount of money, when you see how much people in finance make compare to software developer in other industries it's a joke.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kimwy66:
    You appear to be suffering from a "If we build it, they will come" mentality. Yes, of course Hong Kong could build a tech hub, but to build a successful tech hub is the key and the success factor is not possible without serious change in the education and social environments.
    Blah blah blah..., heard it all before. Asians can't innovate, can't make decisions, lack Western style education, etc. I've lived in Asia for too long to believe in such nonsense.

    How is Brexit proceeding in your superior educational and social environment?

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    Yep, I know people who've left places like CS or hedge funds for Silicon Valley jobs. Comparable pay, but more importantly better career prospects.

    The HK idea of a tech industry seems to be geared towards financial services support or shifting boxes. Or it's having local offices of global tech companies that just do a bit of sales and marketing.

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    Ultimately it will have to change when corporation realize they need to implement efficient Data Analytics. Problem is HK is really slow (corporation wise) to adopt new technologies. A lot of conglomerate rely on really old legacy systems.

    It's going to be interesting to see how it develops. I know some companies here just can't find the talents they need like in UX, if you work in that area you get offers left and right.


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    agree 100%, a good example hongkongpost rolling out e-cert
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    it feels like the HK gov is stuck in times, so many of their processes are so slow and dumb, nothing is digitized. When it takes one week for a visa transfer in SG, it takes 4-6 in HK. Their data is all over the place. I feel they are stuck in their Octopus card days, it was quite innovative back then, but then nothing happens since.

    They don't realize they could save time and money if they pushed for innovation. It's hard to call yourself an innovation hub when the gov itself hasn't innovated at all.

    they have a new data website they launched, it looks interesting, maybe they started looking at it
    https://data.gov.hk/en/


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    Quote Originally Posted by Plutark:
    It's hard to call yourself an innovation hub when the gov itself hasn't innovated at all.
    exactly, that hongkongport e-cert wasn't accepted / adopted by many HK govt. departments lol

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    HK does have similarities with Silicon Valley in the US...

    Sky high property prices
    Homelessness(San Francisco) cage homes (HK)
    Loads of asians

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    Asians (including Hong Kongers) play computer games a lot. I think this could be something worth pursuing.


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