UTAH TECH

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Utah's Talent Pipeline

I'M TYLER RICHARDS

From Seattle

Married and 2 daughters

Art

Entrepreneur

Business

Tech

Code

Golf

MY EDUCATION

MY BUSINESS BACKGROUND

OVER 1,200 DEVS GRADUATED AND PLACED

FIRST, THE "GOOD"

TECH TALENT IS IN HUGE DEMAND

TECH IS GROWING!

SOME MIND BLOWING STATS

WORLD

18.2 million software developers worldwide, due to rise to 26.4 million by 2019, a 45% increase, says Evans Data Corp. in its latest Global Developer Population and Demographic Study.

NATION

 

2015 Median Pay

$100,690 per year ($48.41 per hour)

Typical Entry-Level Education

Bachelor's degree or less

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

None

On-the-job Training

None

Number of Jobs, 2014

1,114,000 (150,000 are web devs)

Job Outlook, 2014-24

17% (Much faster than average)

Employment Change, 2014-24

186,600 (39,500 web dev jobs)

STATE

  • 17,310 Software Developers in Utah.
  • With over 2,000 open positions right now. Since 2014, the most popular job in our state is a "Computer Software Developer"
  • Since the year 2000, has grown form 1,500 to 5,000.

NOW, THE "BAD"

1,000,000 MORE JOBS THAN STUDENTS BY 2020

WE NEED MORE GRADS

 

2015 Median Pay

$100,690 per year ($48.41 per hour)

Typical Entry-Level Education

Bachelor's degree or less

Work Experience in a Related Occupation

None

On-the-job Training

None

 

 

Nationwide Yearly CS Grads

40k Graduates

Nationwide 2016 Bootcamp Grads

18k Graduates

THERE IS A HUGE GAP

And it is growing.

THE "UGLY"

SLC TRIBUNE

 

 

DESERET NEWS

 

'In the search for engineers, Utah comes up short'

'Demand outpacing supply of Utah tech and engineering grads'

TOO FEW ENGINEERS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM

SO WHAT IS THE ANSWER? HOW DO WE KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND?

NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATION

#1

 

DEVELOP TALENT PIPELINES

#2

 

externships, internships, and better onboarding

START YOUNGER

#3

 

encourage, sponsor, participate in programs K-12

SHARE THE EDUCATION BURDEN

#4

 

education should be shared and owned by the community

EVERYONE DO THEIR PART

Utah

Cities

Universities

Private Sector

ANY QUESTIONS?

St George Ec Summit Conference

By Tyler Richards

St George Ec Summit Conference

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