# Brain drain

Concept · [Talent and hiring](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/talent)

Also called: talent drain, talent flight, braindrain

When skilled people leave a place for jobs elsewhere, so the place loses the [talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent) it [trained](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/training).

**For example:** [Engineers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) graduate from a state university and most move to another state for work. Local companies then struggle to hire. That [loss](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/loss-function) is brain drain.

## Connects to (7)

- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Startup ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/startup-ecosystem): The people, money and organizations in one place that help new companies start and grow.
- [Recruiter](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/recruiter): A person whose job is to find and contact candidates for open roles.
- [Tulsa Remote](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-remote): A program that gives a relocation grant to remote workers who move to Tulsa and connects them through a member community.
- [FAANG](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/faang): Shorthand for a handful of the largest US tech companies, originally Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
- [NYU Tulsa](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nyu-tulsa): New York University's programs in Tulsa, made possible by a collaboration with the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
- [Rogers State University](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/rogers-state-university): A public university based in Claremore, in the Tulsa metro area, with campuses in Claremore, Bartlesville and Pryor.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/brain-drain