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Who’s Hiring Wednesday: January 14, 2015
Elon Musk’s Road to Mars Runs Through Seattle
Forbes | Eric Mack | Jan. 14
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2015/01/14/elon-musk-the-road-to-mars-runs-through-seattle/
“SpaceX founder Elon Musk has hinted that 2015 will be the year he unveils more details about how his company plans to expand its ambitions to eventual manned missions to Mars, and on Tuesday we got our first glimpse at that roadmap. Turns out the first stop on SpaceX’s journey to the fourth planet will likely be Seattle. Musk told Bloomberg that SpaceX will try to replicate the success it has had building and launching commercial rockets to space with commercial satellites. The company will formally announce on Friday its plans to open what Musk calls “a satellite office building satellites” in Seattle. Musk said that it will be a significant expansion for the company, eventually adding several hundred to a thousand employees working out of the new office within three or four years from now.”
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HP Exec: The Cloud Technology Evolution is ‘Concentrated in Seattle’
Puget Sound Business Journal | Stephanie Forshee | Jan. 13
“HP announced earlier this year it would center operations for its new cloud computing portfolio, HP Helion, here in Seattle…HP Cloud’s senior vice president of product and service management Bill Hilf says Seattle is a prime spot for HP to carry out its cloud operations. The former Microsoft executive leads the team of about 200 employees from HP’s downtown offices, where most of the employees are focused on cloud efforts…Hilf took a few minutes to explain why the company expanded to Seattle: ‘Seattle has quickly become a center for cloud computing talent, driven by both large companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, HP, CenturyLink, etc., but also many cloud-related startups, at all layers of the stack, so to speak. This has created a powerful cycle for talent with cloud computing experience. Also, Seattle is a great place to live and cloud computing is a rapidly growing technology area, so all of these reasons made it a no brainer for HP to build a core cloud office in Seattle.’ “
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The 11 Hottest Tech Jobs Of 2015
Business Insider | Evan Taylor | Jan. 13
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-11-hottest-tech-jobs-of-2015-2015-1
“Whether you want to design programs, build computer systems or prevent cyberattacks, there’s a hot job in tech for you. With plenty of job openings and high salaries, technology positions make attractive careers. Among the U.S. News Best Jobs of 2015, here are the best in the technology industry:
1. Software Developer…2. Computer Systems Analyst…3. Information Security Analyst…4. Web Developer…5. Mechanical Engineer…6. IT Manager…7. Civil Engineer…8. Computer Systems Administrator…9. Database Administrator…10. Computer Programmer…11. Computer Support Specialist…”
Careers Combining Creative and Tech are in Growing Demand
Consumer Affairs | Mark Huffman | Jan. 12
“Last week’s employment report was both good and bad news. In December the economy created more than 250,000 new jobs…But not all jobs are created equal and those in higher demand are the ones that pay the most. In the 2015 Salary Guides from staffing specialists Robert Half Technology and The Creative Group, positions combining the technology and creative fields are spotlighted as those with the most lucrative salaries. Technology should be no surprise, since more companies are making larger investments in digital initiatives. A combination of technical expertise and creative abilities are requirements to produce new, innovative interactive advertising campaigns…The authors highlight 6 that should see “substantial” increases in average starting salary in 2015. 1. Mobile applications developer…2. Big data engineer…3. Wireless network engineer…4. User experience (UX) director…5. Interactive creative director…6. Web designer.”
Cool Spaces: Apptio Keeps Growing, and So Does Its Bellevue Headquarters
Puget Sound Business Journal | Jacob Demmitt | Jan. 12
“Apptio, a Bellevue IT software maker, has been on a meteoric rise ever since the company was founded seven years ago. It outgrew its old building in January 2013, and now the company is already gobbling up additional space in its new building at 11100 N.E. Eighth St. in Bellevue. The company has 575 employees and has raised $130 million in funding as it helps major corporations like Cisco and Goldman Sachs manage IT expenses…Apptio already has 61,481 square feet of office space spread across three floors in a Bellevue high-rise and is remodeling an additional floor. When it expands its engineering department into that space later this month, the company will occupy nearly 80,000 square feet. You won’t find any corner offices throughout the entire space. Instead, executive offices line the middle of the building and look out over cubicles, which are left with the window views of Mount Rainier in the distance…The office layout is a reflection of the way the company gets work done, with each floor taking on a unique vibe.”
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Could These 2 Women Help Solve Silicon Valley’s Diversity Problem?
Fortune | Shalene Gupta | Jan. 9
http://fortune.com/2015/01/09/power-to-fly-women-tech/
“The talk these days is about why there are so few women in tech. Last August, Katharine Zaleski and Milena Berry created a company that they claim will be a solution. PowerToFly is a service that finds work-from-home jobs for female tech talent…For Zaleski, former digital head of Washington Post, and Berry, the former CTO of political activist site Avaaz.org, this company is also a personal mission. Both are mothers and say they know that female tech talent is out there. They believe that remote work is the key to closing the tech gender gap…Zaleski: ‘There’s this line that keeps repeating that women in tech don’t exist and that not enough women are graduating with tech degrees. That’s not the immediate problem. Women in tech do exist, but when they get to a certain age, they don’t want to sit in essentially college campuses—which is what these companies have done to attract a certain type of man. Women in their thirties have experience, they want their own lives, and these are the women that companies want.’ Berry: ‘Remote work is the part we see the most resistance to. Our goal is to change the conversation around it…We’re training clients on how to do remote so they can work with some of our own talent.’”
Seattle Consulting Firm Defies Microsoft Contractor Cuts, Plans Big Expansion
Puget Sound Business Journal | Rachel Lerman | Jan. 9
“Technology isn’t just for high-tech firms anymore, and the local chapter of a major consulting firm is capitalizing on that shift. The Seattle office of West Monroe Partners has a new leader and big growth plans as it pushes into new areas of expertise — namely, helping retailers, health care firms and financial management firms get tech-savvy…The Seattle office more than doubled its workforce from 30 people to 65 in 2014. It plans to add 20 employees in 2015, and hit 100 total by the end of 2016.”
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GraphLab Changes Name to Dato, Raises $18.5M
GeekWire | Blair Hanley Frank | Jan. 8
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/graphlab-changes-name-dato-raises-18-5m/
“There are big changes afoot at GraphLab, the Seattle-based startup that aims to make it easier for small and medium businesses to make sense of mounds of data. First off, the company has rebranded to Dato, a move that it hopes will better encompass the breadth of its machine learning product. In addition, Dato announced today that it raised an $18.5 million Series B investment round. The round saw participation from NEA and Madrona Venture Group, two firms that have previously invested in Dato, along with investments from Vulcan Capital and Opus Capital Ventures. To date, the company has raised a total of $25.25 million…The company currently has 27 employees, and is still hiring aggressively across multiple departments. The new infusion of cash will help the company continue to expand its functionality and integrations. Dato has a number of high-profile users, including Zillow, Adobe and PayPal.”
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