Local tech industry looking ahead

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Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Local tech industry looking ahead</h1>
                <h2><p>With all the word on the block of Seattle’s booming tech industry, local tech companies are still saying they have a hard time finding enough talent, often being overshadowed by California’s vibrant tech scene. The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) recently appointed Julie Pham to a position to</p></h2>
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            <p>With all the word on the block of Seattle’s booming tech industry, local tech companies are still saying they have a hard time finding enough talent, often being overshadowed by California’s vibrant tech scene. The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) recently appointed Julie Pham to a position to help bring leaders of the state’s tech industry together. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/02/wtia-seattles-tech-industry-is-too-humble-but-we.html?page=all&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">In an interview with the Puget Sound Business Journal</a>, Pham reveals a perspective different from what you might think.</p><p>“One of the things we’re working on is how do we show we don’t want to be San Francisco.” Even with all the new Amazon and Microsoft employees moving to Seattle, Pham insists that “there needs to be more [diverse] tech talent here.” She adds that we can’t forget to support the small companies and startups in the region, which are a key part of a “thriving [tech] ecosystem.”</p>
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With all the word on the block of Seattle’s booming tech industry, local tech companies are still saying they have a hard time finding enough talent, often being overshadowed by California’s vibrant tech scene. The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) recently appointed Julie Pham to a position to help bring leaders of the state’s tech industry together. In an interview with the Puget Sound Business Journal, Pham reveals a perspective different from what you might think.

“One of the things we’re working on is how do we show we don’t want to be San Francisco.” Even with all the new Amazon and Microsoft employees moving to Seattle, Pham insists that “there needs to be more [diverse] tech talent here.” She adds that we can’t forget to support the small companies and startups in the region, which are a key part of a “thriving [tech] ecosystem.”

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal