It never really happened here (Boulder, CO). A couple of the big guys with offices here (Sun, IBM) laid off a few hundred, and all the engineers and tech guys w

It never really happened here (Boulder, CO). A couple of the big guys with offices here (Sun, IBM) laid off a few hundred, and all the engineers and tech guys were snatched up immediately. We've been looking to hire for 6 months, and have yet to find any decent candidates in the area. There's lots of startups here always hiring, and large government labs to fall back on.