Intel has a massive chip fab and R&D facility in Hillsboro (the "Nehalem" product was built here - it's named after the river that incidentally flows past my backyard.) Nike HQ is in Beaverton. Genentech has a huge factory in Hillsboro, as well as First Solar, and more than a few score tech complexes. Google and Facebook have massive datacenters in The Dalles and Prineville, respectively. Puppet, New Relic, Tripwire, and a shedload of other big-names-in-IT startups and corps reside in Portland proper (though most are doing WFH still, because of certain, ah, political activities of late.) I only scratched the surface - the local boosters call it the "Silicon Forest" - a hidden gem of sorts for someone in tech.

Intel drew me out this way years ago as part of their R&D (until the R&D group I was working in died off a few years afterwards), and now I'll likely die of old age here (seriously, it's that gorgeous). It was (and in some aspects still is) like Silicon Valley, but without the snobbery, traffic snarls, and the overpriced real estate.

IIRC Dodger did freelance gigs last I checked, and I know he's got the chops, so I don't think it'll take him too long to get a new hookup.