[samcheng]

For what it's worth, I moved here (in part) because of the large talent pool, but found it just as hard to hire here in the Bay Area as elsewhere. And maybe harder... Even though the talent pool is much larger, there is also much more venture capital fueling employment.

I'd be interested in an analysis of job seekers vs. job openings from someone like Hired - is the Bay Area better for developers or employers?

[ajmurmann]

I worked for a company that has their office in SF. I got hired as their first Portland hire and built up a small office here. Turn over in SF was much higher and hiring was faster in Portland. So over time the center of gravity for engineering moved to Portland. Pretty small company though and everyone we hired in Portland were referrals, so take this with a grain of salt.

Edit: as an employee the SF job market can hardly be beat though.