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Maybe it's not far enough south to be considered Real(TM), but I think you conspicuously omitted Raleigh (the overall Triangle area that includes Durham & Chape

by eitally 11y ago

Maybe it's not far enough south to be considered Real(TM), but I think you conspicuously omitted Raleigh (the overall Triangle area that includes Durham & Chapel Hill, too).

simoncion 11y ago
I've actually never been in NC, [0] and also don't know anyone from anywhere in the state, so I have no idea what it's like. Do you have either personal or second-hand knowledge of the area? [0] Not even to pass through on the periodic AL<->PA trips I used to take!
- brianbreslin 11y ago
  Nvidia and a few other tech companies used to have big teams in that region (raleigh/durham/chapel hill). Lots of biotech in the area, cheap cost of living (relative), tons of colleges, moderate climate. Not a bad place, but a bit slow/small-towny for my taste.
  - santaclaus 11y ago
    Red Hat is headquartered in Raleigh (founded in Durham I think), and Cisco and IBM have big triangle presences too. Epic (of Unreal Engine fame) and SAS are based in Cary.
- JBlue42 11y ago
  I do. Born elsewhere in NC and, went to college in Chapel Hill, and have lived and worked in the area for a bit after. Chapel Hill/Carrboro are nice, well-to-do college towns, Durham isn't too far down the road and the downtown (like many in the country) is experiencing a resurgence, Raleigh is the 'big' city in the area but I haven't really had a reason to do much there. Outside of downtown, it seems pretty surburban with people commuting in and out on the ring roads. Cary is very paint-by-numbers suburban with the tech companies already mentioned plus a lot of people from out of state (jokingly called "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" by some). You're 3-4 hrs from the Appalachians 2.5-3+ from the beach (depending on where you're headed) and have pretty good connections at RDU, which is a relatively pleasant airport. I-95 will connect you up and down the eastern seaboard (about 4 hrs to DC, 4 hrs to Charleston, etc).
eitally 11y ago
Besides the companies other people have mentioned (Cisco, RedHat, IBM), there are many others that either have long-established or are trying to grow their presence in the Triangle area. Google (Chapel Hill -- small engineering office mostly used to recruit interns from UNC & Duke) Citrix (downtown Raleigh -- I think this is their biggest office outside Santa Clara, and they consistently have 50-75 job openings there) NetApp, Microsoft, Lenovo (their HQ), IBM (still a major presence even though it's shrunk a lot over the past decade), Genband/Avaya/Ciena (all created after Nortel's implosion), BASF, Bayer CropScience, SAS (HQ), John Deere, Credit Suisse, Cree (HQ), EMC, Fidelity Investments, RTI International, the US EPA, and many more. In biotech, there's, Pfizer, Biogen, Merck, UCB Biosciences, Quintiles, Parexel, PPD, United Therapeutics, Glaxo SmithKline, Syngenta, and many, many more pharmas & CROs.

by eitally 11y ago

Maybe it's not far enough south to be considered Real(TM), but I think you conspicuously omitted Raleigh (the overall Triangle area that includes Durham & Chapel Hill, too).

simoncion 11y ago

I've actually never been in NC, [0] and also don't know anyone from anywhere in the state, so I have no idea what it's like. Do you have either personal or second-hand knowledge of the area? [0] Not even to pass through on the periodic AL<->PA trips I used to take!

brianbreslin 11y ago
Nvidia and a few other tech companies used to have big teams in that region (raleigh/durham/chapel hill). Lots of biotech in the area, cheap cost of living (relative), tons of colleges, moderate climate. Not a bad place, but a bit slow/small-towny for my taste.
- santaclaus 11y ago
  Red Hat is headquartered in Raleigh (founded in Durham I think), and Cisco and IBM have big triangle presences too. Epic (of Unreal Engine fame) and SAS are based in Cary.
JBlue42 11y ago
I do. Born elsewhere in NC and, went to college in Chapel Hill, and have lived and worked in the area for a bit after. Chapel Hill/Carrboro are nice, well-to-do college towns, Durham isn't too far down the road and the downtown (like many in the country) is experiencing a resurgence, Raleigh is the 'big' city in the area but I haven't really had a reason to do much there. Outside of downtown, it seems pretty surburban with people commuting in and out on the ring roads. Cary is very paint-by-numbers suburban with the tech companies already mentioned plus a lot of people from out of state (jokingly called "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" by some). You're 3-4 hrs from the Appalachians 2.5-3+ from the beach (depending on where you're headed) and have pretty good connections at RDU, which is a relatively pleasant airport. I-95 will connect you up and down the eastern seaboard (about 4 hrs to DC, 4 hrs to Charleston, etc).

eitally 11y ago

Besides the companies other people have mentioned (Cisco, RedHat, IBM), there are many others that either have long-established or are trying to grow their presence in the Triangle area. Google (Chapel Hill -- small engineering office mostly used to recruit interns from UNC & Duke) Citrix (downtown Raleigh -- I think this is their biggest office outside Santa Clara, and they consistently have 50-75 job openings there) NetApp, Microsoft, Lenovo (their HQ), IBM (still a major presence even though it's shrunk a lot over the past decade), Genband/Avaya/Ciena (all created after Nortel's implosion), BASF, Bayer CropScience, SAS (HQ), John Deere, Credit Suisse, Cree (HQ), EMC, Fidelity Investments, RTI International, the US EPA, and many more. In biotech, there's, Pfizer, Biogen, Merck, UCB Biosciences, Quintiles, Parexel, PPD, United Therapeutics, Glaxo SmithKline, Syngenta, and many, many more pharmas & CROs.