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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?
Yes you are missing something. The year over growth increased by 147%. The number of jobs didn't increase by 147%.
Yes you are missing something. The year over growth increased by 147%. The number of jobs didn't increase by 147%.
The increase is in Job growth not actual growth
Clarification this link had nothing to do with JOBS. It was number of listings on their particular SEARCH SITE (specific to one site and people who paid to place job listing on THEIR site)
Lets just drop this, the data was USELESS for any assemblance of comparison and based on the data the growth or lack there of has no tangible meaning. It was more PR for the actual job list site than is was for even Houston. It was bandied on the PR Newswire by a PR agency contracted by the SITE. People please this piece of information is useless; doesnt mean Houston didnt do well but this piece of data is in fact meaningless for any comparsisons or proclomations. This is less scientific than most of the forbes and Travel polls, actually is vastly less scientific
Pretty much. Now your turn: tell me where the word "crush" appears in the original article.
You: "Did the OP write it? (re: the authorship of the titles of both the article AND this thread).
Me: "Thread title, yes".
OP: "Listen, I was paraphrasing the article....."
At least he's owning it, as harmless as the decision to paraphrase a deceptive journal caption may be. But your defensiveness has escalated this as much as anything.
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.
which is why the news of it is very interesting. I'm not sure the wording would've made much difference. In general, some on this forum get automatically defensive in regards to Houston if the information is favorable. I've seen similar reactions on other favorable subjects regarding Houston where the wording that wasn't as hyperbolic.....and "in-your-face".
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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.
I really think that if it were Omaha, for example, and the article or information was pertaining to growth in the oil and gas industry there, and someone posted "crushing Houston", i think the reactions would be favorable, because it was something against Houston.
Clarification this link had nothing to do with JOBS. It was number of listings on their particular SEARCH SITE (specific to one site and people who paid to place job listing on THEIR site)
whatever it is, it doesn't amount to an increase of 147% jobs. just a percentage increase over the previous years increase
so what do you think the 147 number is? it is an increase over the prior years increase
I can't believe you are defending this article... I could come up with a study that is more in depth and closer to reality than this study, I mean seriously it is total trash and even the OP admitted it was pretty bunk info. Houston gets picked on a lot on here, but I really don't think this has anything to do with Houston at all, they just happened to be at the top of this ludicrous study.
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