Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)

Minnesota's high school tech education is among the worst, stunting local industry's growth

Given the options of two coders working remotely - one who happened to live in Minnesota and one from at least a plane ride away - one local tech CEO would hire the in-state talent, for sure.

"But unfortunately," said Dean Hager of Minneapolis-based software company Jamf, "we're in the situation where we don't necessarily get to have that choice."

In the next 10 years, Minnesota businesses will have to fill 81,000 tech jobs, including 45,000 in the next five years, vacancies mostly from retirements and job changes to other states, according to the Minnesota Technology Association (MTA). In that same span, there will be an additional 6,500 IT jobs.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesotas-high-school-tech-education-is-among-the-worst-stunting-local-industrys-growth/600275879/

 

Reader Comments(0)