GeekWire Podcast: Tech job market flips; Surface Earbuds arrive; Gates Foundation CEO on COVID-19

Right here’s what we’re speaking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast.

COVID-19 has upended the tech startup hiring market: There was extra jobs than expertise, however the state of affairs has flipped within the face of enterprise challenges from COVID-19. Tech giants and startups who’re hiring now discover they will decide from the cream of the crop. We’ve been wanting into who’s hiring, and what it’s like to rent and onboard new staff remotely. Plus, how Silicon Valley’s cutbacks might influence the Seattle tech market.

Microsoft’s new audio foray. After a delay, the Floor Earbuds are virtually right here. Will they be definitely worth the wait? Somebody on our podcast is hoping so. Microsoft has an excellent cause for making flashy new {hardware} just like the earbuds.

Mark Suzman, the brand new Gates Basis CEO, discusses the muse’s efforts to struggle COVID-19, and addresses how the search for a COVID-19 vaccine compares to HIV/AIDS, in a spotlight from his unique dialog with GeekWire members this week. Learn extra.

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With GeekWire’s Todd Bishop and John Prepare dinner. Produced by Curt Milton. Theme music by Daniel L.Okay. Caldwell.

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