The perks of Waltham

Here are five perks to working in Waltham, and why you should check it out:

Work at the Epicenter of Innovation

• Not many cities can claim being the center of the Industrial Revolution (okay, so London did and had a long song and dance about it during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games), but here in the US – it’s Waltham, boasting the first modern factory and is credited with staring the Industrial Revolution


• Also home to the Steampunk Movement, where imagination, history and ingenuity continues to be celebrated annually

Fill up on Quality Cuisine from Restaurant Row

• The Elephant Walk - Cambodian and French cuisine, a rare yet delicious fusion


• TEMPO – updated American fare at retro prices, per The Phantom Gourmet


• Watch City Brewing Company – a fine local brew with Watch City-inspired pub grub


• Solea – to satisfy any tapas cravings


• Il Capriccio – fine dining, outside of the city

Have the Convenience of Life’s Necessities in Close Proximity

• In Waltham, unlike Boston, you could run all your errands such as have your car fixed, pick up dry-cleaning, go grocery shopping and hit up the dentist all within a 10-15 minute drive of each other


• Live close to the city, and a fraction of the cost; new and modern apartments are popping up like crazy

Considering B-School? Some of the Nation’s Top Grad Schools are Conveniently in the Neighborhood

• Bentley – The Princeton Review named Bentley one of the nation’s Best Colleges and Universities and one of the "Best Northeastern Schools" for 2013


• Brandeis – Have big plans for working in business internationally? The Financial Times (for the second year in a row) ranked Brandeis’ Lemberg Masters degree in International Economics and Finance (MAief) as No. 1 in the U.S.

• Technology start-ups such as CloudLock and Actifio are just a couple that are growing like gangbusters, keeping an eye out for the best talent, and call Waltham home.

Gil Zimmermann is CEO of CloudLock, a cloud data security company headquartered in Waltham, MA.