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There are some good engineering schools in the NYC area that could supply the talent they need (Cooper Union, Stevens Tech, Rutgers, RPI, etc.). The problem is most grads don't know about the startups. I went to Stevens ('02) and at the senior career fair it was all banks, gov't agencies, military contractors, and telecoms. There's a lot of (well-paying) competition in NYC that's competing over a well-indebted population of engineering grads.

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That's a good point. In Poly, vast majority of CS undergrads that were looking for jobs did it through Monster and in-school job fairs. I don't remember seeing any startups or small companies being represented at these, they were filled with large banks and military contractors. I think there needs to be a better outreach to local schools by the start up community for new engineers to know what is available to them.

I have to think that if you're getting your job at a job fair at the end of senior year you aren't qualified for a startup.

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