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You will most likely find more finance-oriented tech jobs in Dallas. Other than that, Austin will have a much wider range of options. That said, your career wi

by csa 11y ago

You will most likely find more finance-oriented tech jobs in Dallas. Other than that, Austin will have a much wider range of options. That said, your career will likely be extremely limited by your inability to communicate clearly (based on your extremely vague initial question and your only-slightly-better edit[1]). I suggest you hack this issue ASAP and take it seriously -- it's not that difficult, and it will make a huge difference. [1] I realize that this is the interwebs and all, and there are many opportunities to clarify vague initial comments (e.g., your edit), but people really value and appreciate people who ask good questions from the start.

DGAP 11y ago
That's a fair point. Since you've given me the opportunity to clarify via your own response, I'll provide some more details: I'm interested in product management as a long term goal. I find Austin to be a more enjoyable city to live in than Dallas, but Dallas seems to have more career opportunity. Will I be limiting myself by living in Austin?
- csa 11y ago
  I will defer to other people's judgments on your clarified question -- I am extremely biased towards Austin (I have lived there before and have very fond memories of the city). I will, however, reframe the question and provide a related answer. Visit each place, and figure out which one you enjoy spending time in. Specifically, which place has people you really like to spend time with. As I suggested above, I'm an Austin fan, and it's not even close. YMMV. Once you've narrowed down a place, then you can focus on a job. "Project management" is a very broad category, so finding something that fits it shouldn't be that difficult. That said, if you're implying something (e.g., you want to be a PM for BigCorp or BigBank with job attributes X, Y, and Z), then maybe the place will matter. Personally, I think that's at best premature optimization or at worst the wrong focus. Best of luck... please keep us updated.

by csa 11y ago

DGAP 11y ago

That's a fair point. Since you've given me the opportunity to clarify via your own response, I'll provide some more details: I'm interested in product management as a long term goal. I find Austin to be a more enjoyable city to live in than Dallas, but Dallas seems to have more career opportunity. Will I be limiting myself by living in Austin?

csa 11y ago
I will defer to other people's judgments on your clarified question -- I am extremely biased towards Austin (I have lived there before and have very fond memories of the city). I will, however, reframe the question and provide a related answer. Visit each place, and figure out which one you enjoy spending time in. Specifically, which place has people you really like to spend time with. As I suggested above, I'm an Austin fan, and it's not even close. YMMV. Once you've narrowed down a place, then you can focus on a job. "Project management" is a very broad category, so finding something that fits it shouldn't be that difficult. That said, if you're implying something (e.g., you want to be a PM for BigCorp or BigBank with job attributes X, Y, and Z), then maybe the place will matter. Personally, I think that's at best premature optimization or at worst the wrong focus. Best of luck... please keep us updated.