Honest answer: I have lived in Austin for 10 years off-and-on (I had a startup where I had to drive 6 hours to a different State every 2 weeks for 3 years). I

Honest answer: I have lived in Austin for 10 years off-and-on (I had a startup where I had to drive 6 hours to a different State every 2 weeks for 3 years). I have lived there permanently for 7 years. I have also lived in Houston, 2 other cities in Texas (including Midland), 6 other states in the U.S., and was not born or raised in the United States. For the last 7 years, I have also worked for companies where the tech headquarters were either in NY or SF.