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15 worthwhile conferences for women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

But according to data from a survey from Women Tech Network , women earn around $15,000 less per year than their male counterparts, with an average annual salary of $60,828 for women compared to $85,000 for men. This years’ event will be a week-long virtual summit that is free to attend, with the aim of making it accessible to everyone.

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Next Tech Titan: MotherDuck, Rec Room, Statsig, Submittable, Zuper vie for pivotal GeekWire Award

GeekWire

Rec Room , the virtual reality community and gaming platform, a mainstay of VR and mixed reality platforms including the Meta Quest and, more recently, the Apple Vision Pro. Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good.

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GeekWire Awards 2021: Geeks Give Back celebrates groups that better our community

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On May 20 we will announce the winners live at the virtual GeekWire Awards , presented by Wave Business. Create your own user feedback survey. Ada Developers Academy is a Seattle-based, tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities. Ada Developers Academy.

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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

GeekWire

The study , “Survey of the Video Game Reissue Market in the United States,” was written by Phil Salvador, the library director of the Video Game History Foundation , with the assistance of a team of student researchers from the University of Washington Information School. were still available for legal purchase. between 1948 (i.e.

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Amid widespread tech industry layoffs, some companies are still hiring in a ‘flipped’ labor market

GeekWire

Software development openings on jobs site Indeed are down 32.8% Seattle startup 98point6 raised $43 million earlier this month to help increase development capacity for its virtual healthcare technology. The largest industry is software/cloud, followed by healthcare. The company has hired 50 people since going virtual.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

GeekWire

Some of the winners at the 2021 GeekWire Awards during their virtual acceptance speeches on Thursday. In another virtual event — which everyone hopes will be the last of the pandemic — GeekWire recognized more than 60 finalists and honorees across 14 categories, from Startup of the Year to CEO of the Year and lots in between.

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Waymo and Cruise safety drivers face a bleak choice: pandemic or pollution?

The Verge

They chafe at being asked to come back to work while the salaried employees in the engineering and software divisions of these companies get to continue to work from home. Waymo followed suit , resuming limited operations in June delivering packages for two Bay Area nonprofits. Meanwhile full-timers are off until January.”.

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