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February 12, 2006
Microsoft Expanding in U.S.
Microsoft is spending a billion dollars on expanding their Redmond, WA, offices. All the local politicians are using it as a chance to push their latest transportation plans. Not that we don't need better transportation. It's just a little ugly to see all the politicos piling on.
In any case, this is a good sign for tech and MIS. Microsoft is careful with its money and if they're building domestically, then they're looking a positive up-tick in domestic IT employment. They say 4,000 to 5,000 new jobs this year (40 percent domestic), with more to come in the next four to five years.
"'What we thought just a year ago we might need to do over the course of a decade or longer, we are now here today to talk about doing much faster,' Brad Smith, senior vice president for legal and corporate affairs."
BTW, Gates continues to call for more and higher quality domestic university-level education.
Posted by DavidK at February 12, 2006 12:00 PM | Permalink