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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT
SA does not have an engine driver like the University of Texas (and some 140,000-150,000 additional college students in the metro area). And, thus, tech will never be anywhere as big as it is in Austin. Furthermore, the tech industry took hold in Austin LONG before Dell really began to grow and took it's place as one of the world's largest computer manufacturers in the early 1990's. In fact, MCC and SEMATECH are widely given credit to beginning Austin's "current" tech boom (in the early-to-mid 1980's).
Austin's tech history dates back to the 1950's and 1960's when Tracor, IBM and Texas Instruments established a large presence in the city.
Also, remember that Austin has doubled it's metro population every 20-25 years since its founding in 1839. So, tech is not the sole reason for the city's growth over time.
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San Antonio's tech industry ranks 4th of 5th amongst its top economic drivers. DOD, Finance-Insurance, Healthcare -Biomedical, Manufacturing are several times larger than the local tech industry, either by the number of job sector total employment or economic impact.
San Antonio has a large college population comparable to Austin's. The problem is it doesn't have a tier 1 university, yet, but UTSA is not far from reaching that goal.
I found and insightful article about the state of higher education in San Antonio.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion...me-4829901.php