I Was asked This Question Yeterday by a Seattle Real Estate Investor "Isn't Seattle hiring a whole bunch of $250K/Yr Software Engineers for High Tech?" Gosh, the Raw Data is Missing on Software Engineers Actually Hired in 2019 in Seattle I see national predictions that 300,000 may be added over the next decade, but how many actually hired in Seattle in 2018/2019? Without that raw data the trending is just “brainwashing” hot air…. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/Computer-and-Information-Technology/Software-developers.htm Also, notice how S/W development is mixed in with software engineering alleged needs? What’s S/W development with company source code not taught in engineering colleges got to with engineering anyway? S/W development is a “lion’s share” randomizing code “hacker” type job that really only requires a high school diploma, ask Bill Gates. Or a good gambler from Vegas…LOL I conclude that Seattle recently hired 0 degreed American legal citizen software engineers [no experience needed], unless I see the "raw data" in writing.