> The problem is that I don't really have a network in any startup hubs. My company is located in Boston, and we recently hired a guy out of Chicago based on a

> The problem is that I don't really have a network in any startup hubs. My company is located in Boston, and we recently hired a guy out of Chicago based on a posting he made in a Scala forum and a half day of interviews with the team. It's very competitive out there right now, so a person with fifteen years experience, eleven in .Net and an interest in learning new technologies is going to be in high demand. Don't box yourself in as we also do [some] C, C++, Java and even PHP. They key to being an asset to a startup is having domain expertise but also being readily adaptable to providing solutions for the myriad of cases that arise when you're chasing business. If you're worried about people not giving you your due because you don't subscribe to a particular language or framework, then you're better off not working with them as that's a warning sign of entrenchment. You're at a point where you can basically target the companies where you'd want to work versus taking whatever is available. Go forth and do likewise. Good luck!