On one hand, we hear a lot about technology and the leverage it can give us and the things that it can do for our businesses. Still, as today’s guests will talk about, the talent shortage in the technology space is a gap that’s been widening and is perhaps wider than it’s been in decades. Finding affordable tech talent is really, really hard. To get a seasoned developer, you might very well be going to India, Eastern Europe, the Philippines, et cetera, to find talent. There are a lot of people that would argue that the United States has dropped the ball. We don’t have the infrastructure. We don’t have the planning, leadership, or forethought to train technological talent.
As today’s guest will talk about, it’s not necessarily just developers. This is the bleeding edge. This is the trenches of the labor shortage. This is where things can potentially get turned around. And today’s guest is at the forefront of that, and we really enjoyed our conversation with him. This week, episode 145 of The Digital Agency Growth Podcast is about how to fill the tech labor gap!
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In this episode, Dan and Linc Kroeger discuss the following:
- Why there’s a drop-off of interest in a career in tech if someone doesn’t start by the time they are about 18.
- What goes into training the next generation of tech talent.
- How a national strategy in filling tech infrastructure puts other nations ahead due to the gap in the United States.
- Why the labor shortage is happening, and how Linc’s organization is working to shift that in the tech space.
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Today’s Guest:
Linc Kroeger is a social innovator with 35 years of experience in innovation and enterprise technology. He served three years on the Technology Association of Iowa board; was assigned by Governor Kim Reynolds to her Empower Rural Iowa Task Force; identified as “the most innovative leader on bringing tech jobs to rural in the nation” by U.S. Congressmember Ro Khanna representing Silicon Valley; recognized as “Top National Rural Influencer” by The Ruralist.
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