5 years from now , Seattle Tech scene

Feb 24, 2018 14 Comments

Amazon HQ2 has publicized that Seattle is not ready for further growth. Facebook, Google, Uber, Lyft are expanding in Seattle (but not at Amazon rate) . What do you folks think Seattle Tech scene be in 5 years. Will it continue to be a great place for future employees n employers?

Don't talk about what should it be or what would u like it to be.. be practical and guess what would it be.

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  • My guess is that HQ2 will contain all the swathes of support staff and slightly lower paid employees who are now based in Downtown Seattle offices. It doesn't make any sense to leave the enormous engineering talent pool, complete hold on the city's admin (heck, the city started extra buses for Amazon interns), decent school districts, non extreme weather, etc.

    In addition, other macro fundamentals are really strong. Fastest growing traffic American airport for 4 straight years. Second highest traffic port on the North American West coast. U Washington CS Dept is pretty decent. I might come under fire, but economic classes are very clearly demarcated geographically - Bezos CAN get the city to make a strong executive action to push Downtown Seattle, Denny Triangle homelessness to further south to yesler way or international district. Queen Anne, CapHill east of Broadway, SLU, Fremont etc don't have the homelessness problem.

    So yeah OP, Seattle as a global tech hub is not changing anytime soon.
    Feb 24, 2018 3
    • Y'all little shits who complain should go live in Atlanta for a year just to see how reality feels.
      Feb 24, 2018
    • Amazon
      Denzelcurr

      Go to company page Amazon

      Denzelcurr
      I grew up in a place where the median income was below 30k. Most of my best friends never went to college and are only beginning to make it past entry-level hourly positions if even that. Don't try to lecture me on what reality feels like. I bet you have no fucking clue.
      Feb 24, 2018
  • EMC
    aab1baa

    Go to company page EMC

    aab1baa
    Amazon HQ2 and Seattle’s further growth in tech are tangential.

    Amazon wants more tax benefits. All the cities which got shortlisted are equally handicapped or worse as Seattle wrt what is cited in HQ2 process.

    ATM all the selected cities have less tech talent available compared to Seattle - which can change over time.

    For Seattle, it’s good to have diversity of companies rather than huge Amazon. So it’s a welcoming thing IMO.
    Feb 24, 2018 0
  • Google / Eng
    lizzie

    Go to company page Google Eng

    lizzie
    Hotter than it is now. Good tech jobs, lower cost of living than bay area, no state income tax (a bigger deal now after tax changes). Google recently tripled its office capacity in Kirkland (plus building a brand new office in downtown Seattle) and waymo is ramping up testing in western WA
    Feb 24, 2018 0
  • Amazon
    Denzelcurr

    Go to company page Amazon

    Denzelcurr
    Long term companies are gonna dump Seattle. Terrible place thanks to the weather and becoming worse every year with a growing homeless population and increasing cost of living. Very few people actually look forward to moving to Seattle for work.
    Feb 24, 2018 4
  • Microsoft
    lqMc85

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    lqMc85
    To be clear Amazon is continuing to expand until 2020. And all the space that it’s building is it’s own... so I would think Seattle would continue to be a great tech hub
    Feb 24, 2018 0