Comments on: How can we better connect with students? http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/22/how-can-we-better-connect-with-students/ we're here, we're geeks, get used to it Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Charlie http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/22/how-can-we-better-connect-with-students/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Charlie Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:32:38 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/22/how-can-we-better-connect-with-students/#comment-291 Hi all! I too, like the first poster said, landed here while searching for Boston startups. Please forgive me if the following is disjointed, I'm still waiting for the morning dose of caffiene to kick in. Ever since I had an interview at one earlier this year (which sadly, I did not get the position), my interest in startups has been picqued. One way to find a startup has been to look at the company listing at various office parks in the area, then research them on the web. I was a little disappointed to find that there are only a couple of companies within Cambridge Discovery Park. Currently, I'm working as a temp in the corporate headquarters of a company(unfortunately, I dont believe there is much call for an admin at a startup so the search continues) in Lexington but there are various startups in the nearby buildings. In fact, a new pharmacuetical company with a very Web 2.0 website just went into the building next door within the last 2 weeks. Hi all! I too, like the first poster said, landed here while searching for Boston startups. Please forgive me if the following is disjointed, I’m still waiting for the morning dose of caffiene to kick in.
Ever since I had an interview at one earlier this year (which sadly, I did not get the position), my interest in startups has been picqued. One way to find a startup has been to look at the company listing at various office parks in the area, then research them on the web. I was a little disappointed to find that there are only a couple of companies within Cambridge Discovery Park.
Currently, I’m working as a temp in the corporate headquarters of a company(unfortunately, I dont believe there is much call for an admin at a startup so the search continues) in Lexington but there are various startups in the nearby buildings. In fact, a new pharmacuetical company with a very Web 2.0 website just went into the building next door within the last 2 weeks.

]]> By: Yevgeny http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/22/how-can-we-better-connect-with-students/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Yevgeny Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:16:07 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/22/how-can-we-better-connect-with-students/#comment-228 Indeed, I have been hunting multiple websites to see what startups are there out here in Boston area. I also check Boston Business Journal and other business publications, and check the names mentioned in their articles/ surveys/ads. Still, it's obvious that here in Boston it seems to be much more under the cover than out there in West. Indeed, I have been hunting multiple websites to see what startups are there out here in Boston area. I also check Boston Business Journal and other business publications, and check the names mentioned in their articles/ surveys/ads. Still, it’s obvious that here in Boston it seems to be much more under the cover than out there in West.

]]> By: John http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/22/how-can-we-better-connect-with-students/comment-page-1/#comment-58 John Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:35:45 +0000 http://geeksinboston.com/2006/06/22/how-can-we-better-connect-with-students/#comment-58 One of the large advantages that the big tech companies on the west coast have is visibility. At all the career fairs I've been to, these companies (plus IBM, nVidia, et all) have been planting themselves as the best places to work upon graduation. Most students don't have the foresight to deduce the advantages of working at a startup over a large and stable company. In fact, most of the students that I've talked to (which is relatively recent, as I graduated last winter) are not interested in working at a startup. The reason? I'm not sure. Personally, I envy the idea. The problem of visibility is two sided. For instance, I am very interested in locating a startup to work at. Finding one is nearly impossible (in fact, it is this effort of attempting to locate that landed me on this blog.) I am currently working in Pittsburgh, where there is no startup culture whatsoever. The rest of my network from university has moved to the west coast. After a cursory glance at some research (i.e. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/06/startup_centers.html ) I have come to realize that Boston is the best opportunity for me outside of the SV area. But where does one start? Clearly I would prefer employment as a precursor to relocating to Boston, but the startup world is seemingly opaque from the outside. That being said, it seems like there are a number of resources linked from this blog that may be the answer to my questions. Please feel free to email me with any advice or questions. jwrichard@gmail.com One of the large advantages that the big tech companies on the west coast have is visibility. At all the career fairs I’ve been to, these companies (plus IBM, nVidia, et all) have been planting themselves as the best places to work upon graduation. Most students don’t have the foresight to deduce the advantages of working at a startup over a large and stable company. In fact, most of the students that I’ve talked to (which is relatively recent, as I graduated last winter) are not interested in working at a startup. The reason? I’m not sure. Personally, I envy the idea.

The problem of visibility is two sided. For instance, I am very interested in locating a startup to work at. Finding one is nearly impossible (in fact, it is this effort of attempting to locate that landed me on this blog.) I am currently working in Pittsburgh, where there is no startup culture whatsoever. The rest of my network from university has moved to the west coast. After a cursory glance at some research (i.e. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/06/startup_centers.html ) I have come to realize that Boston is the best opportunity for me outside of the SV area. But where does one start? Clearly I would prefer employment as a precursor to relocating to Boston, but the startup world is seemingly opaque from the outside.

That being said, it seems like there are a number of resources linked from this blog that may be the answer to my questions.

Please feel free to email me with any advice or questions.

jwrichard@gmail.com

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