Jobster is hiring! We’re having a devil of a time finding solid software developers (though we do have a new one starting Monday).

In my recent participation and attendance at Seattle Tech Startups meetings, our problem is not unique. I would say fully a third of the self-introductions I hear are along the lines of “Hi, my name is John Smith from backrubr.com [note: I just made that up!] and we’re looking for talented web developers!”).

A quick look into the Jobster search database seems to indicate about 1,200 jobs across the country with the keywords of “web startup jobs“… Given the challenges I’ve seen people have hiring web developers, this number seems low (though I’d wager that 75% of these jobs are packed into Seattle, Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York). With demand like this, it’s no wonder that there are sites that are totally dedicated to job opportunities with tech startups.

On behalf of all of the people who are suffering through trying to fill reqs for web developers, I’d like to publicly thank all of the people who (a decade ago) were telling all of the students who were considering web careers to look elsewhere (“Web development jobs are all moving offshore! That industry is doomed!”).