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Technology Outlook

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 29, 2012 -- Technology Outlook: A Panel of CIOs Discussing Major Trends, How They're Leveraging New Technologies, and How They're Making their Firms More Competitive Today's IT organizations are experiencing major paradigm shifts. VP of IT Strategy and IT Program Mgmt - Activision-Blizzard Tom Schwaninger ?

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. If you hit a groove on funding and customer growth it does become a challenge to ramp quickly. I talked to one startup CEO who told me, “you have young engineers who want to make $200,000 or more to work for me.