[sterlingross]

Born and raised here also. Have you been back recently? They amount of new development land and business is a bit unsettling.

I am surviving well as a developer, living off the grid, with a satellite internet connection.

[shuzchen]

We're making some progress. Oahu has a very prominent and active makerspace (hicapacity.org) and co-working space (www.theboxjelly.com) around which a whole host of tech events, talks, and meetups are orbiting. Maui has a pretty active makerspace as well (www.mauimakers.com). This is a very good time to be a developer in Hawaii, at least in terms of connecting to talented peers.

What we're still lacking is good jobs, and access to VC funding for companies we want to build. mbloom is not the fund that we need to grow our tech industry, if anything it's looking like it'll poison the waters.

[alphonse23]

Haven't been back in a couple of years. I think I'll be visiting in a few months though. What's your secret to finding work and paying rent, isn't it expensive there?