My main passion with New Tech is helping people. My second passion with New Tech is finding, highlighting, and inspiring innovation. The level of creative innovation being generated in the PNW is astounding. We’re very lucky to live in a
With our job fair coming up next Thursday, January 25th, I thought it would be interesting to take a slightly different look at our job market. Not from the perspective of candidates, but of the companies that are trying to attract, recruit
What will be the biggest tech impacts of 2018? We can guess now, but predictions usually fall short in hindsight. And since our world is changing faster than ever, there will be new tech segments popping up on the radar
Happy New Year! I hope you had a relaxing and fun break as we closed out 2017. Thank you for being active in our community of 30,000+ techies and friends building our awesome tech and PNW ecosystems with a GiveFirst
New Tech at it’s heart is about caring for the people in our community. Our organization is focused on our 30,000+ members helping each other with our tech careers and companies to build better community together. We’ve all had a
Stories of entitled tech bros dominate the media. They do exist. And so do people working in the tech industry who want to do good and give back. They often don’t know how or where to start. If you’re one
We’re racing toward the end of the year. A crazy year politically, and crazy with King County changes as 1,000 people a week move here, and the unofficial state bird becoming a crane. It’s hard to keep up and feel
On Saturday I spoke out to protect net neutrality at a press conference with Senator Maria Cantwell, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Michael Mattmiller, CTO, City of Seattle and Sarah Bird, the CEO of Moz. You can see the video of the press
When I sent out the email on Tuesday reminding people that our next diversity in tech event is happening next week an African American member of our community sent me a short but meaningful reply. He wrote “Diversity in tech is
Photo © Margaret Nicosia, 2016 – Used with Permission Understanding why learning computer programming helps kids develop skills for success requires understanding the complexity involved in teaching a robot to make a sandwich. The first step is NOT to tell
Happy Thanksgiving! With December right around the corner, this is a great time of year for us to reflect on everything that’s happened throughout the year, and remember the things that we’re thankful for. This always begins with you. We’re
What’s the first thing you do before you tackle something for the first time? You do some research and look for clues, right? Whether that’s Google storming, watching “how to” Youtube videos or scrolling through your LinkedIn network to connect
