[tampaguy03]

Originally Posted by mustgetoutofflorida

This is a joke right? High tech when many banks don't even have ATMs and many banks aren't even open on Saturdays....
I don't believe ANY of those statements are true.
LMAO

When do whether or not a bank has an ATM have to do with High Tech Economic Indicator Statistics which are published by National Sources that have nothing to gain or lose with what they publish? (On a side note....I love that Bank of America has ATM's everywhere, drive thru, malls, everywhere, just hate their customer service...)

[tampaguy03]

Originally Posted by mustgetoutofflorida

Take Florida's job growth. Between 1993 and 1998, Florida added 40,100 high-tech jobs to reach nearly 210,000, according to the report. The growth was sufficient to keep it the nation's sixth-largest high-tech employer.

But percentagewise, Florida's growth rate ranked 28th. For example, high-tech jobs in neighboring Georgia grew twice as fast during that period, 48 percent versus 24 percent.

As for wages, the average high-tech worker earned about $46,100 in 1998 in Florida, placing it 29th among states. That's about $21,000 less than the average worker earned in California. The report included manufacturers, communications firms, and software and computer-related companies in its definition of "high tech." Biotech companies and certain other industry sectors were excluded.

HERE IS AN EXPLANATION OF HOW PEOPLE CAN MISUNDERSTAND STATEMENTS, ALTHOUGH FLORIDA MAY HAVE A LOT OF JOBS IN SOME TECH FIELD, HELLO THEY ARE HUGELY POPULATED THAN SAY RHODE ISLAND SO THERE WOULD BE MORE JOBS, NOT NECESSARILY ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ALL THE TECH JOBSEEKERS

Im just not sure we can accurately measure much using data that is around 10 years old....I can say ALOT has changed in 10 years, especially in Tampa.