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Councilman Domb on how to grow Philly jobs: ‘tech’

Allan Domb stumped yet again for technology jobs in an interview with Philly.com columnist Stu Bykofsky.

Councilman Domb in a 2015 campaign ad. (Screenshot via YouTube)

We’ve often spotted Councilman Allen Domb — often flanked by Mayor Jim Kenney — at Philly tech shindigs like office openings, panel discussions and most recently the local outpost at out-of-state megaconference SXSW.

At most events he’s cheered for tech’s potential to be an economic catalyst for the cities, citing his favorite stat: four new jobs are spawned off every tech job created.

In a discussion with Philly.com columnist Stu Bykofsky published yesterday, the real estate mogul once again named tech as a talisman to summon job growth in the area.

“Why are we not teaching [computer] coding in grades 9-12 in high school instead of geometry or calculus or algebra?” Domb told Bykofsky in the interview. “We are creating tech jobs, but we are not training our kids for those jobs.”

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Domb has also been regularly announcing the donation of his salary to help schools get tech supplies like Chromebooks.

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