Jun 23, 2006
Well It’s About Time, Damn It
I recall tech’s darker days in 2001. As a fledgling business analyst with little “battle-tested” requirements experience, my resume was often amongst 300 others (according to a recruiter).
The Los Angeles IT sector is becoming a big star
The technology job market in Los Angeles is in a unique position to continue its strong growth while hitching its wagon to the city’s sexiest and biggest star: the movie industry.
While the tech sector in Southern California continues to shine, job growth is being spurred on by several economic factors. Perhaps the biggest factor is Los Angeles’ heavyweight ability to produce cutting edge technologies for one of the city’s oldest industries.
“It is a very hot time for Internet companies,” said Jon Kraft, chairman of the Southern California Software Council. Things are taking off in L.A., especially in visual and digital media.
And the city’s growing IT market has not escaped the attention of investors.
The venture capital industry invested $10.4 billion in California IT, while tech companies exported $47.8 billion of goods and services from California to countries around the world, according to a recent study conducted by AeA, the nation’s largest trade association for the high-tech industry.
