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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s also the fifth-largest data center market in the nation, with a “low natural disaster risk, inexpensive power, and a competitive colocation and cloud market.” Phoenix is home to tech companies such as ADP, Workiva, ServiceNow, Traffic Tech, BigTime Software, and General Motors. increase from 2021, according to Dice.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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Longtime UX leader Karen Clark Cole on staying present and learning to tell good fear from bad

GeekWire

She moved to Seattle, worked briefly at a web development company and then convinced a colleague to start a company with her that focused on UX. Favorite apps, cloud services and software tools: OneNote, 1Password, Excel, Keynote, Photoshop, iMovie. I’m putting my art into interactivity,’” she said. Blink Photo).

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