> Less tech jobs than SF, but still plenty. It's not just about number of tech jobs, but the quality thereof. These days, programming is such a needed skill t

> Less tech jobs than SF, but still plenty. It's not just about number of tech jobs, but the quality thereof. These days, programming is such a needed skill that coders are almost like accountants, practically every business above a certain size needs at least a few for internal tools. But that kind of work makes you a cost center, with the attendant technical and cultural problems. What the major tech hubs offer is an abundance of even high quality programming jobs, in a wide variety of fields.