I would exclude Austin from the list. Sure here are lots of startups, but Austin's startup scene is dominated by either dumb&boring B2B Java-shops, or hardware/

I would exclude Austin from the list. Sure here are lots of startups, but Austin's startup scene is dominated by either dumb&boring B2B Java-shops, or hardware/embedded startups dreaming of being "next Tivo". Neither of these two types of companies are especially exciting to work for if you are CS grad. Alot of ideas/people revolve around DELL/IBM/Motorola trio, not a very exciting group to say the least.