Jesse Dougherty: Bid Amazon

jesse dougherty: Amazon spokesperson Allison Reader says plans for the second office have been in the works for quite some time and are independent of the city's bid, according to Vancouver Courier. Amazon goes where the tech talent goes. Whether that augurs well for Vancouver's bid to host Amazon's HQ2 is a matter of intense speculation.article continues below Trending Storiesrelated Sales clerks, warehouse packers among jobs headed for scrap heap I have absolutely no idea about HQ2 but I'm as excited as everyone to find out, Jesse Dougherty, a general manager of Amazon's web services and site manager of Amazon's current Vancouver headquarters, said to the press following Friday morning's announcement. Vancouver is one of those places, she said, citing fabulous education resources and tech workers. What drives us is the availability of awesome talent, said Dougherty, a UBC grad who grew up on the Sunshine Coast and, after moving away for his career, has fulfilled his dream of being able to work in the tech industry close to home. It's about wanting to go where the talent is rather than make the tech talent come to us. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.