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Is there a brain drain in Vermont? Are we losing geeky young people to metropolitan areas? These days, Vermont's economic forecast seems glum, which is where Seven Days and Vermont 3.0 come in.

This Saturday over 1,500 people stopped by Main Street Landing to mingle with the 50+ exhibitors at the first ever Vermont 3.0 Creative/Tech Career Jam.... Read more

The economic news of late hasn’t exactly been uplifting, but you’d never know it from the Vermont companies clamoring for exhibition space in an unusual job expo this weekend at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center on the Burlington Waterfront. The state is full of innovative businesses that are thriving, growing, hiring — and they’ll be out in force for the first annual Vermont 3.0 Creative Technology Career Jam.... Read more

Human beings have the dubious distinction of knowing when they’re hurt. Endowed with an intricate and wondrous nervous system, we are capable of registering sensations on the wide spectrum between ecstasy and misery. Coupled with that, we have the instinct and ability to fix ourselves when we sense something’s amiss. Ironically, many of the things we trust to keep us safe — bridges and airplanes, for instance — are as dumb as doorknobs. A bridge truss doesn’t know when it’s about to fail, just as a plane’s wing can’t predict its own catastrophic demise.... Read more

On a recent Wednesday evening, four students are giving a Power Point presentation in a basement computer lab at Champlain College. On the pull-down screen hovers the cartoon figure of a kid who looks like Dennis the Menace’s slower cousin, with a propeller hat and a crooked grin.

“Our game,” a male student says, “involves Bobby here getting trapped in this crazy world by demons and trying to find his way home.”... Read more

Since its introduction in 2005, “Guitar Hero” has become one of the most popular video game franchises in the world. Its latest installment, “Guitar Hero III,” released at the height of the 2007 holiday shopping blitz, raked in more than $115 million in sales in its first week alone.... Read more

If you believe the official reports and anecdotal kvetching from some in the business community, Vermont is in the midst of a demographic shift of seismic proportions. This shift goes by many names: “youth flight,” “the gray wave” and — least flattering to those who still live here — “the brain drain.” This phenomenon, which underpins Governor Jim Douglas’ “affordability agenda,” is driven by some data that are troubling, though not surprising.... Read more

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Ping pong, lattes, plants, OH MY!... Read more

Jon Taylor asks St. Michael's College students what kind of job would keep them in Vermont after graduation.

Vermont: land of maple syrup, milk, flatlander jokes and . . . software? You bet.

You don’t hear much about the state’s software companies — heck, the captive insurance industry gets more press — but there are now quite a few, and their numbers are growing.... Read more

Christopher Coccaro, a 19-year-old Champlain College student sporting shaggy, shoulder-length hair and a flannel shirt, is throwing together some pork and vegetable soup. First he rapidly chops and slices a few ingredients, including a green onion, carrot and radish. He tosses the veggies into a sizzling pan and stirs them regularly to ensure they don't burn. Then he adds them to some liquid in a pot, drops in the pork and adjusts the temperature. The whole process takes around 4 minutes, but when he's done, there's no steaming bowl of soup to enjoy.... Read more