Don’t let those dark skies fool you, summer’s just around the corner and what better way to start yours than with a radical new job? If you’re looking, we’ve got some hot ones for ya. Highlighting local tech jobs, the GeekWire Job Board is the place to check for exciting new careers. Today we’re featuring… Read More…
LexisNexis is closing its Bellevue operations at the end of this year, a decision that will impact about 80 people. The company’s Legal & Professional services business, which employs about 10,000 worldwide, established operations in the Seattle area through its acquisition of online document retrieval startup CourtLink in 2001. The company issued this statement when… Read More…
Technology workers are well paid in Washington state, with Seattle area entrepreneur and Code.org co-founder Hadi Partovi telling us earlier this year that learning computer programming is the fastest way “to join the one percent.” Now, here’s some evidence to that effect. According to the annual Cyberstates report from the TechAmerica foundation, tech workers in… Read More…
It’s a good thing we got out of the newspaper business. According to a survey out today from CareerCast.com, newspaper reporter ranks as the worst job in America. “Ever-shrinking newsrooms, dwindling budgets and competition from Internet businesses have created very difficult conditions for newspaper reporters, which has been ranked as this year’s worst job,” the… Read More…
In the tech industry, we’ve been seeing a steady stream of hiring for several years now. In fact, companies like Amazon.com, F5 Networks, Tableau, Zillow and others in the region continue to fight hard for the very best talent. The market is so red hot that Google earlier this month announced plans to double the… Read More…
Things are moving fast for the folks over at InternMatch. They raised $1.2 million in January, are averaging five million page views a month, and now they’re expanding in a big way. Originally designed to help college students find high-quality internships, InternMatch announced Tuesday that it is now offering entry-level positions with hopes of becoming the… Read More…
University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska is known for his strong opinions. And he got to share some of those Thursday, testifying before the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. Lazowska’s main point: Federal research dollars play a critical role in helping to spark innovation. Lazowska was making… Read More…
During the most recent economic turbulence, the tech industry sometimes felt a bit insulated from the economic woes hitting the rest of the economy. But here’s some evidence that things may be improving across the board in Washington state. The state’s unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent in December, the lowest point in four years…. Read More…
More money and changes are coming for the successful team at InternMatch. Founded in Seattle back in 2009 and now stationed in Silicon Valley, InternMatch just landed a $1.2 million round from previous investors like Netflix Founder Marc Randolph and TeachStreet founder Dave Schappell, along with new additions like Seattle angel investor Rudy Gadre. InternMatch helps students find high-quality… Read More…
Bellevue-based Apptio has a new logo, a new headquarters and a growing slate of new customers. But one thing remains the same: The company’s mission to transform the way CIOs manage and monitor IT spending. Things are going well for the Sunny Gupta-led company, which showed off its new HQ at an open house Thursday… Read More…
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