Henri Egle Sorotos - Tech Nation - Tech Connect Lightning Talk, Software Cornwall

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Tech Nation presents the 2018 national audit as an open dataset with a browser-based SQL compiler and JavaScript visualisations so users can run queries. Key findings: 1.87 million digital tech jobs across the UK, digital roles growing 2.6× faster than the wider economy, Bristol tech workers average ~£320,000 turnover per worker versus ~£110,000 in Manchester, and Cornwall shows ~2,368 digital-tech jobs within its travel-to-work boundary. Analysis uses GitHub, Meetup text clustering and jobs XML feeds; data and maps are downloadable.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:02International competitiveness
3. 4:27Get support, go international
4. 5:08Digital tech business
5. 9:12Community perceptions
6. 12:23Collaboration, connectivity and culture
7. 14:51Jobs and skills
8. 17:46Recommendation Recruit talent creatively

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