Washington DC. Raleigh. San Jose. What do these 3 cities have in common? They are among the most underrated and underestimated tech hubs in country.

America’s Most Underrated Tech Hubs: Talent

Thinkful’s rankings of the most underrated tech hubs show that there can be a significant disconnect between the quality of city’s tech talent and the perception of that city’s talent among job seekers. While the impact of this disconnect is hard to quantify, metros that scored low among job seekers should heed some concern about their ability to recruit top talent.

This chart below shows how 25 metros scored on quality of talent as measured by a CBRE study (Y axis) and the perception of that quality as measured by a Thinkful poll (X axis). Cities that appear in the top left quadrant are more underrated while cities in the bottom right are less underrated.

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