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Re:10% unemployment yet every startup in NYC struggling to hire by OzzyB on Sunday December 12, 2010 @05:08PM (#1998206)
"There's a massive misalignment between the labor pool and the job pool, and I blame our undergraduate institutions"

I don't, I just think the Rent Is Too Damn High.

http://www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/

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Re:10% unemployment yet every startup in NYC struggling to hire by huangm on Sunday December 12, 2010 @05:26PM (#1998275)
Actually, the price of good engineers being high + high unemployment speaks precisely to a misalignment of supply/demand.
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