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You're competing with UT grads and everyone else who moved to the area for tech. Not having a degree in Austin puts you at a significant disadvantage when it c
by bitshepherd 11y ago
You're competing with UT grads and everyone else who moved to the area for tech.
Not having a degree in Austin puts you at a significant disadvantage when it comes to getting recruited. I had the same problem when I lived there and I, too, do not have a degree.
- a0ede18d1e 11y agoI hadn't thought of that, what with UT being right here. I was able to get hired with relocation 5 years ago. Since then I figured it'd be a good town to put down roots so I bought a house. And now here I am seemingly unable to find work. Damn. Maybe I'll have to look to other cities. I put my resume into the big corps and either got nothing or had some asinine HackerRank test that lost my progress 1:45 in and then heard nothing more.
- bitshepherd 11y agoWell, you can relocate to the Bay Area, as expensive as it is. I did so, as well as a huge mob of Texans. Californians did the opposite: moved to Texas for cheaper housing/lower taxes. The upside is they pay you more to offset the cost of living. The downside is that roughly 50% of my income before rent goes to taxes, and half of that goes to rent.