Since the enthusiasm about landing the Amazon HQ2 is very much about the high-impact tech jobs, it’s easy to side step that the District has always out-paced most other cities in playing host to big tech brands.

That story has mostly been tied to the transition of corporate tech into traditional lobbying outfits — something largely expanded amid this administration’s unpredictability. Look to Apple‘s leadership here or the government affairs layoffs at Microsoft in recent years. So, though real estate analysts swoon over Facebook doubling its Terrell Place footprint and Twitter has marketed its local office, local tech leaders don’t always quite know if the impressive checklist of household tech company offices really means much to growing a tech scene here.

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