#Tech Jobs

Tech newcomers explain how they got into the field, how it affected their quality of life, and their advice for others looking to make the switch.

BELGRADE, Mont. — Nearly every classroom at Story Creek Elementary School offers sweeping views of the snow-capped Rocky Mountains that surround the Gallatin Valley here in southwest Montana. But on a recent spring morning, most teachers kept the roller shades in their classrooms down, hoping to focus students’ attention...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The tech industry is and has been huge in The Triangle for years and growth in the tech industry just keeps surging statewide. In Thursday’s Job Alert, CBS 17’s Bill Young has a look at the specific tech jobs which are most in-demand.

The Technology Councils of North America has released the results of a study that examines the migration of technology workers in the post-pandemic world, and Indiana is near the top of the growth list. The report shows while traditional tech hubs continue to drive jobs, hundreds of thousands of tech roles are being created in what TECNA calls “surprising places.”

Rural America wants to be part of the growing tech economy. We know because rural Americans have told us — in a national survey, nearly 60 percent of rural adults expressed interest in tech jobs and careers, according to a recent report from the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI), a nonprofit I founded in 2017.

Salt Lake City — Utah’s financial market transactions reached a record-high value for the second year in a row, according to MountainWest Capital Network’s (MWCN) annual Deal Flow Report. Now in its 27th year, MWCN’s Deal Flow Report is Utah’s only in-depth analysis of the equity-related financial transactions – including mergers and acquisitions, public deals, and private placements – that shaped the state’s business environment in 2021.

EL CENTRO — The county of Imperial is working to improve roads and infrastructure in the Valley as state funding related to Lithium Valley becomes available. The Department of Public Works has submitted congressional earmark requests for about $25 million for bridges to support the development of a commercial and industrial corridor between the Lithium Valley area at the southern shores of the Salton Sea and the Gateway of the Americas on border with Mexico, Public Works Director John Gay said to the Board of Supervisors in an update on his department’s activities on Tuesday, May 17.

Craig County, Virginia, sparsely settled and mountainous, has a long history of mining for valuables — iron, manganese, cryptocurrency. Actually, crypto mining in Craig doesn’t have a long history. But there is a company in New Castle that is refurbishing and selling crypto mining equipment. Manifold Mining is investing approximately $420,000 to convert a former furniture plant into a center of operations.

CNN — Jonathan Kennedy Sowah says wherever he goes, he’s always looking for a problem to solve. His latest mission is to help transform Ghana’s approach to STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – and he believes he’s found a solution. His company,...

All kids crave more screen time. Code.org wants to make that time meaningful and fun by sharing online coding classes for kids of all ages and skill levels.