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Actually Dallas is pretty far ahead based on the rankings. Not all jobs are equal. Dallas is ranked 4 or 5 and Philly ranked 10 or 11 if you read the actual analysis. Houston I think was around 21 or something. Jobs are good; just some are better and some areas have a more prominent tech sector; Houston is getting better but not yet a top tech city
Well I was speaking in terms of number of people in the field. The gap isn't that huge.
i suppose if the article and OP substituted Houston for another city, like Boston or Philly or Seattle, the temperment of some of the posters in the thread would be alot calmer....
i suppose if the article and OP substituted Houston for another city, like Boston or Philly or Seattle, the temperment of some of the posters in the thread would be alot calmer....
Not IMHO. That stat was rubbish regardless of what city after seeing the methodology
Philly ranked third but not sure you can make anything from that. I do know for certain that the number of tech jobs in Philly grew no where 60 some percent as the release reported
Not IMHO. That stat was rubbish regardless of what city after seeing the methodology
Philly ranked third but not sure you can make anything from that. I do know for certain that the number of tech jobs in Philly grew no where 60 some percent as the release reported
is rubbish regarding Philly as well? or rubbish because it shed favorable light on Houston?
is rubbish regarding Philly as well? or rubbish because it shed favorable light on Houston?
rubbish in total. The growth rate is number of listings on the particular job site. Not sure anything can be gleaned for anyplace based on what the data was. It was rubbish in total for all places
rubbish in total. The growth rate is number of listings on the particular job site. Not sure anything can be gleaned for anyplace based on what the data was. It was rubbish in total for all places
Frankly, I don't think so, regardless of the city. In times where the lack of jobs is high, news like this is refreshing....
Frankly, I don't think so, regardless of the city. In times where the lack of jobs is high, news like this is refreshing....
It's just such an unreliable source with very unscientific methods of achieving their results. I have nothing against Houston, I just think the study is a bunch of bologna.
I suppose the biggest problem is the wording. Using "crushes" and "stomps" instantly puts people on the defensive. This is especially true when it's a city which doesn't really have a significant influence on the industry.
If someone posted a the same article only it said "Omaha crushes Houston, San Francisco, and New York City in unemployment", people are going to probably react similarly to the way people did on this thread. People are going to raise the point that it's not as impressive because Omaha isn't on the same level of those other three cities economically...so the fact that it has lower unemployment isn't as impressive.
However I will admit it's certainly impressive to grow by so much.
One question I have is how accurate are these %'s?
The OP says Houston's high tech employment grew by 149%, right? And then this post said Houston had 151,700 high tech employees in 2007. However this post says Houston added 87,900 jobs in total last year. Wouldn't the 149% job growth mean that they added 226,033 high tech jobs?
Is my math messed up? Or am I missing something?
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