Just saying - I got offered 35K to move to TX. I make substantially
more working for the hosting industry leader here in town. And yes GD
is hiring and having trouble finding qualified candidates.
Let me know if you are interested in linux or mysql positions
On 3/3/11, Matt Graham <
danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:05:15AM -0800, keith smith wrote:
>>> I hear housing in Texas is very affordable. Also the cost of
>>> living is lower from what I hear.
>
> "In Texas" != "In Austin, TX". Austin's a reasonably big city, and really
> cheap houses are all far out in the surrounding suburbs or in terrible
> neighborhoods.
>
> From: Steve Holmes <steve@holmesgrown.com>
>> Austin would be a nice place; they have a university (U of Texas)
>> and universities generally contribute to a good scale of living
>> and culture.
>
> Austin is an island of relative sanity in the middle of Texas. Part of this
> is because the major employers are the state government, UT, and various
> tech
> companies; it's not tied to the awl bidness and the boom-bust cycle there
> like
> so much of the rest of TX is. The influence of UT means that there are
> plenty
> of people there who know there's a world outside of TX, which helps. You
> *will* still find people who live up to all the bad stereotypes of Texans.
> There are just fewer of them in Austin than in Dallas. The local music
> scene's really nice if you like that sort of thing.
>
> Yes, I lived in Austin for 5 years, though it was a loooong time ago.
>
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