Colorado Tech Weekly brings you the top 10  technology stories of the past week and the best upcoming local tech events every Monday morning!

The closer I get to completing my degree (Spring of next year!), the more i focus on finding my first job as a software developer. I see it, it’s just on the other side of the gaping chasm known as the “skill gap.”

The Skill Gap is the gap between the need for developers and the amount of skilled developers available for those positions. Much has been done on the skill side of the gap with STEM/STEAM programs at high schools, code schools, etc. Those are great things and need to continue but I’m not sure how much they’ve really done to narrow the skill gap.

Just like with other creative jobs like drawing, painting, writing, becoming good at programming takes time and experience. More needs to be done on the company-side of the skill gap to allow companies to better use newbie developers. The tech legislation below looks like it might be a good start.

I could rant about the skill gap forever. It’s very frustration for both sides of it. Have a great week!

Top Colorado Technology News

• Niwot-based SparkFun.com is getting a facelift [SparkFun]
• Gardner, Heinrich introduce bipartisan tech legislation to address workforce shortage [CoryGardner]
• Denver startup Josh.ai, co-founded by Tim Gill, picks up $8 million in pursuit of voice-controlled home automation [DenverPost]
• From food trucks to team retreats: How 4 Colorado tech companies celebrate summer [BuiltinColorado]
• With government funding, CenturyLink adds broadband service to more rural Colorado communities [DenverPost]
• Boulder-based companies protest plans to end net neutrality [BizWest]
• Arvada-based Prescient opens second manufacturing facility, moves headquarters to North Carolina [Prescient]
• Boulder-based web company, Stream.io, raises more than $2.5 million [BizWest]
• Behind Denver-based Photobucket’s unpopular decision to go from free to $399 [DenverPost]
• Seal the deal: 3 tech recruiters on killer post-interview follow-ups [BuiltinColorado]

Top Upcoming Events

• 7/19 – Boulder JS – Front-end Frameworks Panel Night
• 7/19 – Boulder UI/UX – Panel Discussion: Hiring for UX
• 7/19 – CiGDA – Casual Downtown Denver Meetup
• 7/20 – BDNT – New Tech Denver
• 7/20 – Denver Code Club – Serverless Architecture
• 7/20 – Denver UX – Working Remote Panel
• 7/22 – Girl Develop It – Intro to App Building with Salesforce [DENVER]
• 7/25 – Denver iOS Developer User Group – Automation: Techniques to Supercharge Your iOS Unit and UI Testing
• 7/25 – Denver Tech & Design Community – The Real Deal with Product Roadmaps
• 7/25 – DenverScript – Debugging Modern JavaScript with Chandler Prall

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