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> "You can try your luck elsewhere, but it's hard to think of where exactly, and you know for a fact there's this huge network that's the big city." Depends on
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
> "You can try your luck elsewhere, but it's hard to think of where exactly, and you know for a fact there's this huge network that's the big city."
Depends on what type of work you're looking for, but there's plenty of IT jobs along the M4 corridor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_corridor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_corridor
I'd also suggest looking into Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester.
- madaxe_again 10y agoAnd Bristol and Bath, and even Cornwall where tech grants grow on trees - honestly, demonstrate a half decent idea and they'll match your investment up to £100k. There are huge incentives for technology workers and entrepreneurs outside of London, but those already in London are trapped within its diamond dome - I left for good a few days after realising I hadn't been outside of the m25, other than abroad, in several years.
- simonswords82 10y agoI run a software company and our MD is the queen of government grant (she's ex-local government). Interesting to hear that tech grants grow on trees in your neck of the woods - can I e-mail you a couple of questions?
- madaxe_again 10y agoCornwall isn't my neck of the woods - I just know that my retail clients there have often paid for our services through a government grant. I think it's EU money intended to stimulate growth in remote areas.
- simonswords82 10y agoRight - okay interesting I'll get my Google-fu on
- ZenoArrow 10y agoBristol and Bath are in the M4 corridor. Out of interest, what sort of employees are you looking to hire at the moment?
- madaxe_again 10y agoFrontend and backend (php7) engineers. Modern stack, aws.
- dejv 10y agoAlso Brighton is quite nice. Good amount of tech jobs, awesome music/culture scene and it is quite close to London, making it possible to commute daily.
- stuaxo 10y agoIt's good, though the jobs aren't hugely varied, there is quite a lot of php, there used to be a lot of flash (I assume they have moved to JS now). Techwise a little bit of a monoculture, though maybe that is the same as the rest of the UK?
- dejv 10y agoThats right, but there is also big game industry around the town and quite some high tech stuff (I used to work for company making embedded databases in aerospace/defence market) and hardware companies.
- pmlnr 10y agoI live in Cambridge. The price/wage ratio is becoming even worse here.