Tech Firms Continue to Establish and Expand Engineering Centers
Seattle area has become a veritable satellite office launchpad.
When Derek Orr left Microsoft last fall to join Uber in its new Seattle office, he was one of a handful of Uber employees who ate lunch at a makeshift picnic table in a small Pioneer Square office. Earlier this year, Uber moved into a 40,000-square-foot office downtown that includes expansive murals of Northwest-style landscapes…