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The State Of The Tech Industry In Massachusetts

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Early morning traffic passes through the intersection of Seaport Boulevard at Atlantic Avenue in South Boston. The city used Waze data to re-time traffic signals there. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Early morning traffic passes through the intersection of Seaport Boulevard at Atlantic Avenue in South Boston. The city used Waze data to re-time traffic signals there. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Two reports released on Friday from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, or MassTLC, illustrate the state of the tech industry in Massachusetts.

The reports detail the economic importance that the industry has in the state of Massachusetts — 1 in 14 Massachusetts jobs are in a tech occupation — while also highlighting the startling lack of diversity within the industry.

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Zeninjor Enwemeka, WBUR BostonomiX Reporter. Zeninjor tweets @zeninjor.

Netia McCray, manager of the Fab Lab and Entrepreneur in Residence at the Roxbury Innovation Center. Founder of Mbadika. Netia tweets @netiamccray.

This segment aired on November 17, 2017.

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