How Atlanta Is Working To Fill Demand For Its Tech Talent

Tech leaders say Atlanta’s demographics and cost of living works to its favor. As long as educators produce the skilled labor, they predict more and more tech companies will continue to call Atlanta home.

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Atlanta is sometimes referred to as the Silicon Valley of the South. The city has major tech companies, start-ups and universities.

One problem? Not enough workers. Rodney Sampson is chairman of Opportunity Hub and a partner at Tech Square Labs in Midtown Atlanta.

“The computing job shortage will be a million-plus by 2020,” Sampson said. “And so are those going to be Americans in those jobs? Who’s going to be in those jobs?”