FORBES Talent But here’s where Puerto Rico may have an even greater edge. Jonathan, Ramon, and Angel all hail from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, a school that turns out scores of computer engineers every year with an unusually strong orientation toward hardware. Problem is, there are almost no jobs for hardware engineers in Puerto Rico, so graduates must either change direction or seek work on the US mainland (or elsewhere). Those six-figure jobs I mentioned in the last paragraph? Yes, they were in the US. But the Kytelabs crew is betting that new hardware ecosystem that is emerging globally can help create jobs on the Puerto Rican archipelago. One way that Kytelabs expects to continue reducing costs is by leveraging its connections to the new open-source communities that are driving the development of the hardware renaissance. With the “open design” movement, engineers everywhere are sharing formats and templates that reduce the time to manufacture products and bring them to market. Add to this new mix a steady supply of hardware engineers and Puerto Rico begins to look like a really smart place to invest in computer hardware.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:40:40 +0000
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