Engineers, Tech Workers in Demand for Pot Operators

Engineers and other tech workers will be in particularly high demand for cannabis companies, a panel of employers said during a “Virtual Cannabis Career Fair” hosted Thursday by jobs platform Vangst.

Executives from three cannabis tech companies expressed confidence in the future expansion of the legal marketplace – they predicted federal legalization within the next five years – and in the need that will develop for workers to provide business solutions, like IT and other technical support.

Already driving that need, the panelists said, is the fact that cannabis businesses can . . .