where's a good place to relocate if you're in tech ?

[alab21]

Austin has a lot of tech jobs. We have Apple, Google, Dell, Indeed, and some other major tech employers. San Antonio mainly has defense contractors who are looking for cybersecurity professionals with security clearances. However, I've heard that Dallas and Houston have higher tech salaries, and their costs of living are lower than Austin's.

Apple is expanding its Austin campus and is planning to hire thousands.

Dallas (DFW) area is still a strong tech area and yes, cost of living is lower. I’ve known people who moved from CA and from the east coast, sold their modest homes there and bought what most would consider a mansion here. Most live north of Dallas or north of mid cities area because most tech jobs are in north Dallas. Depends on how far you want to drive. We are spread out but have lots of highways. We calculate distance from work by minutes not miles because you could live closer to work but because of traffic, it could be nearly the same time as hopping on a freeway and going 10-20-30 miles home. Plano, Richardson, Frisco and north are $$$; Denton, Little Elm, Aubrey areas are less $$ due to distance, but still a reasonable commute to most jobs. I’d guess most spend a min of 30mins commuting to work here.

Not sure what you do now, but in most tech fields here, experience is very important. I’ve interviewed many people (for Oracle/Sybase DBA/Unix and General IT jobs) but never cared about a degree or noticed it, unless someone pointed it out. I interviewed a guy who apparently attended the Chinese version of MIT (a coworker pointed it out), but he couldn’t answer my tech questions, so he didn’t get a second interview. If the company requires the degree (usually someone above just likes the degree), it’ll get you past the initial HR/recruiter criteria to get the interview, but the skills need to be there, unless it’s entry level.


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