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It's already here. Our company (AppFog) was founded in Portland and we just secured our Series B. We have offices in the same building as JanRain and yet anothe

It's already here. Our company (AppFog) was founded in Portland and we just secured our Series B. We have offices in the same building as JanRain and yet another co-working space. In Old Town or the Pearl District, there are startups on every other block. Interestingly, our biggest challenge right now is recruiting. If you're considering moving to Portland, we could use you. http://blog.phpfog.com/2011/06/10/we-are-hiring/ http://blog.phpfog.com/2011/06/10/we-are-hiring/

dminor 15y ago
There's definitely increased activity, but I think it falls short of being a scene (I say this as someone looking on from Hillsboro). I guess I'm looking for a larger VC to set up shop, rather than visit from somewhere else.
shrikant 15y ago
OT, and completely uninformed question: how's the scene in recruiting straight from Portland State University? (I ask out of idle curiosity, because I once had the opportunity to do an MS in CS there a while (6 years) back, and I passed up because I couldn't take on the financial burden - please drop me an email if you feel this might threadjack the discussion here.)
- jvoorhis 15y ago
  We haven't tried recruiting from PSU ourselves, but we probably should. Galois (http://corp.galois.com/ http://corp.galois.com/) recruits students from PSU's CS program. My colleagues from PSU's mathematics dept have also been a pleasure to work with.
  - thos3000 15y ago
    Yup, Galois is the most obvious direct recruiter from PSU, but there are others, to be sure, but not enough. I've got a few friends in the MS and PHd programs at PSU and they certainly don't have people beating down their doors, I'm sorry to say. It would certainly be good to see more direct recruiting and internship opportunities opening up.
    - nigelk 15y ago
      We (Puppet Labs) take interns from PSU and have hired pro services engineers from there.
- scottkrager 15y ago
  I know Intel recruits heavily out of PSU.

dminor 15y ago

There's definitely increased activity, but I think it falls short of being a scene (I say this as someone looking on from Hillsboro). I guess I'm looking for a larger VC to set up shop, rather than visit from somewhere else.

shrikant 15y ago

OT, and completely uninformed question: how's the scene in recruiting straight from Portland State University? (I ask out of idle curiosity, because I once had the opportunity to do an MS in CS there a while (6 years) back, and I passed up because I couldn't take on the financial burden - please drop me an email if you feel this might threadjack the discussion here.)

jvoorhis 15y ago
We haven't tried recruiting from PSU ourselves, but we probably should. Galois (http://corp.galois.com/ http://corp.galois.com/) recruits students from PSU's CS program. My colleagues from PSU's mathematics dept have also been a pleasure to work with.
- thos3000 15y ago
  Yup, Galois is the most obvious direct recruiter from PSU, but there are others, to be sure, but not enough. I've got a few friends in the MS and PHd programs at PSU and they certainly don't have people beating down their doors, I'm sorry to say. It would certainly be good to see more direct recruiting and internship opportunities opening up.
  - nigelk 15y ago
    We (Puppet Labs) take interns from PSU and have hired pro services engineers from there.
scottkrager 15y ago
I know Intel recruits heavily out of PSU.