Seattle’s Tech Job Crunch: How Long Can the Valley Invaders Poach from Microsoft, Amazon Before the Talent Well Runs Low?

Another month gone by in Seattle, and another Silicon Valley company has moved in to establish a beachhead for recruiting tech workers. And they all seem to say the same thing: This area is richsust with talent.

That’s certainly true–not to mention cheaper, compared to the Bay Area. But all of those companies often wind up chasing the same pool of experienced workers–a pool that Washington state isn’t adding to fast enough by cranking out computer science graduates of its own.

Curt Woodward

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