GeekWire Mid-Week Update

Read the top tech stories so far this week from GeekWire [GeekWire Mid-Week Update] Top stories so far this week [Compensation data from Blind app shows how much public tech giants pay engineers]( Blind, the anonymous social network for verified corporate employees, released new compensation data for software engineers working at Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. [Recent grads working in tech are migrating to Seattle more than any other U.S. city]( Seattle ranks No. 1 on a list measuring migration patterns of recent graduates in tech. [Amazon Web Services acquires Fig, a YC grad that boosts the command line for devs]( Amazon Web Services has acquired Fig, a small San Francisco-based startup that helps developers be more efficient and collaborative while using the command line. [Arc takes its electric boat on tour: Here’s what a ride feels like (and sounds like)]( Lake Washington may be known for its thunderboats, but this week it also played host to an electric boat that was much easier on the ears [GM-backed Cruise begins testing self-driving cars in Seattle to learn from hilly, wet environment]( Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, will begin testing its cars in Seattle on Monday, the company told GeekWire. [Spin control: Starfish Space makes use of magnetism to stop satellite’s death spiral]( Starfish Space says it has arrested the spin of its Otter Pup satellite and is moving ahead with plans to meet up with another satellite. [Seattle-area edtech company DreamBox Learning acquired by Discovery Education]( DreamBox Learning, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that sells education technology software to K-12 schools, announced Tuesday it was acquired by Discovery Education, a Charlotte, N.C.-based edtech company. [Fusion cuisine: Zap Energy fires up BBQ grill built to look like one of its high-tech, superheated devices]( Zap Energy, the Seattle-area startup that’s been cooking up a better way to generate fusion power, fired up a custom-made grill recently for a summer barbecue that featured an appropriate fusion menu. [Grubhub adding Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ tech to college campus dining experiences]( Amazon is headed back to college for the new school year. [Cloud automation startup SkyKick lays off 140 employees]( Seattle-based cloud automation and migration startup SkyKick laid off 140 employees, including 98 in the U.S. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [INRIX: Product Marketing Manager, Public Sector]( - [Submittable: Senior Product Pricing Strategist]( - [NTTA- North Texas Tollway Authority: Sr ETL & Data Modeling Developer]( - [City of Newport: Systems Administrator I or II]( - [Submittable: Senior Software Engineer (Back End) – Data]( - [Submittable: Senior Machine Learning Scientist]( - [Submittable: Senior Software Engineering Manager]( - [Council for the Advancement of Science Writing: Communications Coordinator]( - [Submittable: Senior Software Engineer (Backend) – Employee Engagement]( - [INRIX: VP Engineering]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2023 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](