A new report suggests San Antonio's tech sector benefited from pandemic-era shift away from tech hubs like Austin.
Geekdom, located in the heart of that tech district, has yet to recover in membership numbers from the drop it experienced at the start of the pandemic, falling from 1,800 pre-pandemic to 1,300 currently.
San Antonio’s economic development foundation, which recently renamed itself greater:SATX, has made bringing tech companies to the city a priority. A spokeswoman for the organization said the number of IT and cyber companies it is in conversation with to expand or relocate to San Antonio has grown in recent years. Approximately 1 in 5 companies it is in conversation with are tech companies, compared to April last year, when it was less than 1 in 6.
“That has been our biggest struggle to date,” said greater:SATX’s chief workforce officer, Romanita Matta-Barrera, earlier this year, adding that many companies are looking for five to 10 years of experience. A recent report from the organization cautioned that San Antonio risked creating an oversupply of entry-level tech talent.
“We have things to celebrate,” he said in January, “but sometimes [there is] the false impression that we’re keeping up with the big tier one and tier two cities that are investing more into their tech sectors.”
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