The Pacific Northwest trends towards indirection in speech, far more than any other place that I've been Having interviewed with a variety of Seattle companies

The Pacific Northwest trends towards indirection in speech, far more than any other place that I've been Having interviewed with a variety of Seattle companies, I'd say that they are primarily hiring pragmaticists who 'jel' with their culture. Education is respected, but not at the premium it is in Boston. In terms of growth, the NIMBY crowd isn't in power at the moment (and hasn't been for a while - construction is going nuts), but I wouldn't be surprised to find that in the next elections, anti-growth candidates will be elected. The Stranger (alt-weekly) seems to be making anti-growth & anti-tech their plank right now. In terms of jobs? Seattle, Boston, Austin, Boulder, Phoenix, etc all seem IME to be at rough par - not like NYC or SF, but definitely up there.