As Santa Barbara’s tech companies continue to grow in number and size, so do the lucrative career opportunities; with a quick search online, pages and pages of job postings from Procore, QAD, Yardi, ShipHawk, LinkedIn, and more appear. And that growth is expected to continue.
“What we’re seeing is the result of thoughtful nurturing and investment that’s been taking place in our community for decades,” explained Nathan Kelly, CEO of TrackR, which makes Bluetooth trackers used to keep track of belongings. He gives credit to “visionaries in this town who built companies, then reinvested the money that they made back into new companies, our schools, and our universities” and to teachers and professors “who take the time to develop their students in ways that go way beyond what’s required in their job descriptions.”
Procore CEO Craig “Tooey” Courtemanche agreed, explaining, “The pool of talent in Santa Barbara has grown, and I think that what we’re going to see are more companies being started by the people currently working in tech who have good ideas that turn into business opportunities.” For example, said Courtemanche, “at Procore, we’ve already had two employees make their next career move to start their own development company that sells into our current client base.”