Geek love in Portland

Today, we’d like to send out a proverbial Valentine’s Day card to the tech community in Portland. Geeks just rock our world. We loved you even before technology made you powerful and Wired made you fashionable. This love is the real deal.

And you know who else loves geeks? The City of Portland. Portland is like a Judd Apatow film realized. Here, the nerds, geeks and freaks rule the land, and it’s a big part of why this town is so awesome. Portland likes them so much that the Mayor’s office has launched an initiative to promote and expand the tech community. As a company in town (and as a company that is hiring), we support that.

This weekend, one of Emma’s own, the esteemed Selena Deckelmann, is headed down to San Francisco to attend the She’s Geeky unconference to network with a bunch of women possessing mad skills. Founded in 2007, She’s Geeky gives geeky women from across the land a place to support, educate and share experiences with each other. One of Selena’s goals is to meet women programmers with an interest in moving to Portland. She might even be holding a handmade sign that says, “Work in Portland. It rules!”

Working in Portland does rule. The tech community is rich with talent and activity, and there’s plenty of room to join the movement. Even better, there’s lots of opportunity. Here at Emma, we’re looking for talented developers to join our team, and our friends at Puppet Labs, Urban Airship and About Us are also hiring.

Oh, and if you’re planning on attending She’s Geeky and want to connect with Selena, drop her a line here. She’d love to tell you the 40,000 reasons why Portland is the cool kid you should get to know.

You can read more about our job openings here.