Seattle Kraken

Seattle Kraken is an NHL expansion franchise based in Seattle, Washington operating in the sports and entertainment sectors; it is...

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HQ
Seattle
Sectors
Sports, Professional Sports, Entertainment
Founded
2021
Stage
Public

Tech pay, cloud trends, Kraken, and self-driving cars with Qumulo CEO Bill Richter

Everyone is closely monitoring the implications of remote work as we emerge from the pandemic, so it's no surprise that one of the most widely read stories on GeekWire this week — right behind the Titanic's disappearing bathtub and Facebook's potential name change — was a story on trends in tech salaries. Two big trends stood out in the report from jobs site Hired: Average tech salaries in Seattle are up 4.6% from last year, to $158,000, second only to the Bay Area, which saw its average dip slightly to $165,000. Nationwide, the average U.S. tech salary fell 1.1% to…

Why this Seattle tech CEO pulled his company out of downtown Seattle, and isn't coming back anytime soon

Veteran tech executive Scott Moore, CEO of Seattle startup AdLightning, joins GeekWire's John Cook and Mike Lewis to discuss the challenges facing downtown Seattle after the pandemic. AdLightning left its headquarters in the Gibraltar building last March and exited the lease in August. The company is currently working remote, and Moore says he’s committed to getting another office at some point. But when he does, Moore says, the office won’t be in downtown Seattle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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