I know it's "just one data point," but I live in Portland, OR and everyone is hiring. No, seriously, every software shop I know about is looking to hire. Not ju

I know it's "just one data point," but I live in Portland, OR and everyone is hiring. No, seriously, every software shop I know about is looking to hire. Not just boring-as-hell C# and Java cubicle farms, but startups and small companies writing interesting software with Python and Ruby.