<i>"The thing that's amazing is we don't have to worry about attracting people into the Boston community, [...] The challenge is to retain people."</i><p>I would say that challenge might exist because unemployed people are desperate enough to take jobs in Boston, only to find the job isn't worth it.<p>To be fair, I've worked in MA and NH for over 30 years now (yes, you can call me a geezer) and indeed there are a lot of tech companies of varying maturity and markets. But there are a lot of techies here too. I've got a pal with 20+ years experience, good C/C++ coder, does great Eclipse plug-ins, unable to find a job for over a year now. And I've known other guys (C/C++ coders, mostly) who have made (downward) career changes for the same reason: no jobs.<p>This is kind of a rah-rah article and maybe we can excuse the author because those numbers might be real. But don't infer that companies here are hard up for employees -- like most-everywhere nowadays each advertised job opening invites a thousand applications.