Ten Best Cities for Finding a Tech Job

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Baseline Magazine, in their Briefing newsletter, has listed out ten best cities in the US for finding a tech job. If you’re looking for a a new challenge in your professional life, it might be worth-while to begin tracking the area lists and newspapers that coincide with the industry type you’re most interested in.

The cities, in order from east to west across the country, with major industry verticals listed:

  • Boston, MA:  finance, insurance, pharmaceutical & biotech; startup capability in conjunction with the MIT-Harvard research environment.
  • New York, NY:  “Silicon Alley”, thanks to Mayor Bloomberg’s recent investment of $9.2 billion; financial services, insurance and media.
  • Washington, D.C.:  government/military/homeland security in both the public sector and the IT contractor community; research universities, think tanks, PACs and nonprofits.
  • Raleigh, NC:  Research Triangle Park – biotech, pharmaceutical, medical devices, and the software to power them all.
  • Charlotte, NC:  health care, energy; project managers, business analysts, developers attuned to these industries.
  • St. Louis, MO:  “Wall Street of the Midwest”; financial developers, project managers and .NET/Java developers.
  • Minneapolis, MN:  a cold-weather tech hub for help-desk staff, project managers and developers, in the finance, health care and manufacturing sectors.
  • Denver, CO:  a startup-friendly destination for a plethora of industry verticals.
  • Los Angeles, CA:  Media, entertainment, banking, aerospace and health care.
  • San Francisco, CA:  cloud-focused jobs – consumer apps, analysts and database, .NET and Java developers.

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