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Small qualified developer pool to draw from and hard to attract outside talent. I grew up in eastern Kansas and left in part because of dismal career prospects.
by mratzloff 9y ago
Small qualified developer pool to draw from and hard to attract outside talent. I grew up in eastern Kansas and left in part because of dismal career prospects.
They'll end up choosing an up-and-coming city (i.e., positive population growth).
- hellogoodbyeeee 9y agoI'm pretty sure the Kansas City Metro (where Sprint, Garmin, and Cerner are located) has positive population growth.
- Apocryphon 9y agoThey've got Google Fiber now, though.
- avenoir 9y agoPerhaps many years ago? Eastern Kansas has a pretty massive tech sector now. So do some parts of Kansas City metro.
- mratzloff 9y agoTo be clear I'm not saying there's no tech economy in eastern Kansas (though I think all involved would dispute a description of "massive"). Just saying that dropping Amazon there won't magically make 50,000 qualified applicants appear. “There are simply not enough workers in the area with the technical skills to meet the demand of our region’s companies,” the report commissioned by the KC Tech Council said. “This number will not decrease unless our region does more to support tech workforce development.” http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/technology/article148948664.html http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/technology/article14...