What US city do you think will see the most tech growth in the next 12 months?
Miami7%
Denver17%
Seattle18%
San Francisco Bay Area12%
Chicago2%
New York6%
Raleigh7%
Boston4%
Austin18%
Other5%
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Miami7%
Denver17%
Seattle18%
San Francisco Bay Area12%
Chicago2%
New York6%
Raleigh7%
Boston4%
Austin18%
Other5%
Layoffs18%
Hiring freeze46%
Budget freeze49%
Budget reduction45%
Fall in share price22%
Missed funding targets7%
None of these12%
Technical prompt engineering14%
Understanding of model architecture32%
Manual data preprocessing35%
Custom model training25%
Specialized AI coding skills20%
Knowledge of prompt optimization techniques17%
Understanding of token usage and optimization13%
Something else4%
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Went with Seattle due to Amazon and MSFT. The cross pollination between them as well as AI will create some interesting startups in the next few years.