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> "No, he would not leave Texas, he said. In fact, as a condition of his acceptance, he said Oculus would have to open an office in Dallas—which it has since do
by brayton 11y ago
> "No, he would not leave Texas, he said. In fact, as a condition of his acceptance, he said Oculus would have to open an office in Dallas—which it has since done."
Power move
- 6stringmerc 11y agoNo kidding. They're hiring a Software Engineer according to their website. I'll have to keep checking back if there's ever anything I might be qualified for, like the Office Admin. I'm not joking! It's in my professional background!
- reneherse 11y agoYou should make contact, get on their radar, and apply anyway. Lots of times available jobs never make it to a job board, but are given to people already in the common network. Go for it!
- 6stringmerc 11y agoThanks for the positive encouragement! Also the valid point about never knowing what opportunities may exist. I think I'll reach out using their available channels and do just that, make an introduction, see if anything might come about. I don't intend to waste their time, but I'd love a foot in the door, so to speak!
- bitmapbrother 11y agoIf you're ever offered an Office Admin position at Oculus VR be sure to mention that one of your conditions is opening an office in Hawaii.
- sosborn 11y agoI live in Hawai‘i so yes, please do this :)
- Ocerge 11y agoMasters of Doom does a good job detailing his logic in refusing to leave north Texas. Cheap cost-of-living and warm climate were his original reasons IIRC. Even though he could live wherever he wants, he's still extremely practical.
- x5n1 11y agoTIL billionaires care about cheap cost of living.
- gnaritas 11y agoCarmack a few tens of millions, not a billionaire.
- CyberDildonics 11y agoThen how is it he sank 8 million alone into armadillo?
- nulltype 11y agoIf you're someone like John Carmack, I imagine being able to get, say twice as far with your rocket project due to low taxes and cost of living is rather valuable to you. If he spent $8 million on that in SF, I don't think he would have gotten nearly as far.
- bbatha 11y ago
- leoc 11y agoOculus also has a Seattle office which was probably set up to keep Atman Binstock and Michael Abrash happy. Mind you, those offices near home don't just help to attract the stars but also their local network of coworkers: Oculus pulled in a lot of ex-Valve and ex-Id people.