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I’m from Austin and have met many tech people who want to move there. They’ll get a rude awakening when they actually look for jobs- it’s slim pickings and the

by bm1362 9y ago

I’m from Austin and have met many tech people who want to move there. They’ll get a rude awakening when they actually look for jobs- it’s slim pickings and the satellite offices there for major tech companies often work on pretty boring products.

bonoetmalo 9y ago
I was lucky enough to get a job with one of the "old tech" Austin companies (being IBM, Dell, National Instruments, ...) and I'm really enjoying it. We have a couple of main tech offices here, like HomeAway. But yeah, the rest is satellite offices.
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chiph 9y ago
Austin gets looked-down-on by the SV types for being the home of many lifestyle businesses (I used to work for one). But y'know - they provide a product that customer pay for, they employ people, and they tend to be around for a long time, unlike a lot of the here-today, gone-tomorrow startups. There's nothing wrong with "boring" if it makes you money.
- bm1362 9y ago
  I worked at Polycom for two years out near the Freescale campus. Talk about a lifestyle company, the product (cheaper conference phones than Cisco) barely changed and we had so many company outings. I felt it was a scam, like some kind of middle class adult daycare.
SeanBoocock 9y ago
Still a fairly vibrant game development community. Have the whole spectrum from AAA to independent studios of varying sizes to several successful work-for-hire studios.
karmajunkie 9y ago
I'm a little surprised to hear this point of view from a (former?) resident. Getting a technology job is pretty easy here, if you're flexible. If you want your perfect job that pays double six figures and lets you work from home and provides free snack delivery, yeah ok, hard to find that gig. But dev jobs in general? there's a WIDE variety of companies to work for.
- bm1362 9y ago
  I graduated with a CS degree and the offers in my peer group were pitiful. TXDOT, USAA, Defense Contractors etc. The best companies were Visa and Intel, back in 2013. It’s definitely not a place where you can hop around every 2 years working for big brand names on the coolest tech (read: Java). A higher-end salary is 70-90k with maybe an ESPP vs a 300k package on the West Coast. I’m definitely eager to go back but damn every time I check whoshiring it’s deflating.

by bm1362 9y ago

bonoetmalo 9y ago

I was lucky enough to get a job with one of the "old tech" Austin companies (being IBM, Dell, National Instruments, ...) and I'm really enjoying it. We have a couple of main tech offices here, like HomeAway. But yeah, the rest is satellite offices.

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chiph 9y ago

Austin gets looked-down-on by the SV types for being the home of many lifestyle businesses (I used to work for one). But y'know - they provide a product that customer pay for, they employ people, and they tend to be around for a long time, unlike a lot of the here-today, gone-tomorrow startups. There's nothing wrong with "boring" if it makes you money.

bm1362 9y ago
I worked at Polycom for two years out near the Freescale campus. Talk about a lifestyle company, the product (cheaper conference phones than Cisco) barely changed and we had so many company outings. I felt it was a scam, like some kind of middle class adult daycare.

SeanBoocock 9y ago

Still a fairly vibrant game development community. Have the whole spectrum from AAA to independent studios of varying sizes to several successful work-for-hire studios.

karmajunkie 9y ago

I'm a little surprised to hear this point of view from a (former?) resident. Getting a technology job is pretty easy here, if you're flexible. If you want your perfect job that pays double six figures and lets you work from home and provides free snack delivery, yeah ok, hard to find that gig. But dev jobs in general? there's a WIDE variety of companies to work for.

bm1362 9y ago
I graduated with a CS degree and the offers in my peer group were pitiful. TXDOT, USAA, Defense Contractors etc. The best companies were Visa and Intel, back in 2013. It’s definitely not a place where you can hop around every 2 years working for big brand names on the coolest tech (read: Java). A higher-end salary is 70-90k with maybe an ESPP vs a 300k package on the West Coast. I’m definitely eager to go back but damn every time I check whoshiring it’s deflating.