Kansas City Blue-Collar Tech Comeback???

Here's a look at lower expectations and an important move to REDEFINE who local leaders view tech workers . . .

QZ: The American midwest is quickly becoming a blue-collar version of Silicon Valley

Local hot take:

Kansas City attracts mid-tech jobs - Kansas City Business Journal

Kansas City is part of a trend of Midwestern cities seeing big growth in the blue-collar side of tech. The Midwest is seeing growth in "mid-tech" jobs, or skilled technology jobs that don't require a college degree, reports Quartz.