Tech Boomtown Seattle Grapples with Fewer Tech Jobs

Near Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, the Five Stones coffee shop advertised for a barista a few months ago — and started getting resumes from “people who listed Microsoft and other tech companies,” writes the Wall Street Journal:

The applicants typically had master’s degrees and experience in graphic design or marketing roles, Andrews said — sometimes senior ones. They were applying to jobs at Five Stones that would pay Redmond’s minimum wage, $16.66 an hour. Five…