Why Midwesterners leave Silicon Valley and go home for better opportunities

GUEST: Each week, I check in with Travis McCleery, who leads product design for Root, an insurance company that uses data collected from drivers’ smartphones to more fairly price and sell auto insurance. Today, our conversation was about engaging specific designers that work for Silicon Valley tech companies, have Midwest roots, and are ready to move back. An exercise like this wouldn’t have even been possible a few years ago, but Travis himself is a case-in-point of this changi