Target goes tech-hunting in San Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Why aren\u2019t they looking in Minnesota? Here\u2019s the news\u2026<\/p>\n Target Corp.<\/a> has opened an office in San Francisco, where it plans to scout for tech talent to build its e-commerce and mobile technology efforts.<\/p>\n Reuters reports that Target had hired <\/a>David Newman<\/a> to run its Technology Innovation Center, which will seek out other tech companies that can help Target\u2019s tech ventures, like speeding up its website or improve the shopping experience for smartphone-wielding customers already in its stores.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A good friend and definite tech talent moved to San Francisco a couple of years ago. So I know why. He\u2019s had more opportunities there \u2013 with established and startup companies. He moved there because he knew he\u2019d learn more, earn more and have greater opportunities. (I\u2019m not sure he realized that earning more might be offset by such a rising cost of living!) At the end of the day, he is a tech talent from Minnesota and he was drawn West. And his migration is part of why it makes sense that a company wanting to tap into such talent would look West. It’s where the talent goes.<\/p>\n I guess what I\u2019m asking is how Minnesota can build the talent \u2013 and perhaps more importantly the reputation as a place to go for tech talent? I think programs like Thomson Reuters working with youth<\/a> on programming skills helps. I think communities, such as Fergus Falls<\/a>\u00a0have done a good job marketing themselves as a great place to telework \u2013 but it seems like a concerted statewide effort to bolster efforts to improve and promote our local tech skills would help keep Minnesota companies from going to San Francisco to find tech talent.<\/p>\n\n
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