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I'm a Bay Area -> Sacramento transplant and this doesn't surprise me one bit. The 'tech scene' is essentially dead here.

pedalpete 4y ago
Do you mean the tech scene in Sacramento? or the valley more generally?
- wheresmycraisin 4y ago
  I can only speak for the city of Sacramento and maybe 25 miles of surrounding area including west sac, davis, roseville, elk grove, etc. If you're thinking of moving here from the bay, you're not going to find a local tech job unless you want to make much less money doing gov't related work in ancient versions of C#. There's no meetups, almost no startup support, no good schools to hire from (UC davis is the exception, but I doubt UCD CS students are looking to stay in sac area for jobs). I am speaking in hyperbole, of course, but in general if you're a techie and think Sacramento is just a cheaper Bay Area, you're in for a rude awakening.
  - dopeboy 4y ago
    As someone considering leaving the bay, how do you get your fix? Or do you just network less?
    - wheresmycraisin 4y ago
      Definitely build strong relationships before you move away. Sacramento (and more broadly the rest of california) is nice b/c it isn't too far from the 'action' and you can go back to SF for conferences/accelerator pitches/etc, but you need to network for quality over quantity. And, honestly, I'm getting older so I care less and less about the latest trends or optimizing for total compensation.
  - r0m4n0 4y ago
    The area has had ebbs and flows. There are massive Intel and HP campuses so I wouldn’t say you are not going to find tech jobs but you are right in that tech is a blip on the radar. It’s honestly awesome not having everyone you know being involved in tech. It’s actually a really diverse place, both in what people do for work, economically, and race. Also a lot of long time residents that make it feel much more real than the revolving door of the bay area
  - upbeatlinux 4y ago
    Amusing because it's kinda true; although there are a # of startups in the area where the pay is decent (not big tech salary or crazy RSUs by any means). IIRC Sysdig was founded in Davis before they moved to SF. Tech meetups in general have lacked but non-tech related meetups have always been good - board games, etc. I think people are more well rounded and realistic about work / life balance than Bay Area tech and that's what makes Sac seem a little sleepy.
charlie0 4y ago
Couldn't agree more. It seems the only way you can really land a nice job here is to know someone just to get into the interview. I applied for many places as entry level and only landed 1 interview. Eventually applied at another large city and got multiple interviews and got an offer. It's dead here in Sac.
georgeburdell 4y ago
How many maker spaces are left in the Bay Area?

pedalpete 4y ago

Do you mean the tech scene in Sacramento? or the valley more generally?

wheresmycraisin 4y ago
I can only speak for the city of Sacramento and maybe 25 miles of surrounding area including west sac, davis, roseville, elk grove, etc. If you're thinking of moving here from the bay, you're not going to find a local tech job unless you want to make much less money doing gov't related work in ancient versions of C#. There's no meetups, almost no startup support, no good schools to hire from (UC davis is the exception, but I doubt UCD CS students are looking to stay in sac area for jobs). I am speaking in hyperbole, of course, but in general if you're a techie and think Sacramento is just a cheaper Bay Area, you're in for a rude awakening.
- dopeboy 4y ago
  As someone considering leaving the bay, how do you get your fix? Or do you just network less?
  - wheresmycraisin 4y ago
    Definitely build strong relationships before you move away. Sacramento (and more broadly the rest of california) is nice b/c it isn't too far from the 'action' and you can go back to SF for conferences/accelerator pitches/etc, but you need to network for quality over quantity. And, honestly, I'm getting older so I care less and less about the latest trends or optimizing for total compensation.
- r0m4n0 4y ago
  The area has had ebbs and flows. There are massive Intel and HP campuses so I wouldn’t say you are not going to find tech jobs but you are right in that tech is a blip on the radar. It’s honestly awesome not having everyone you know being involved in tech. It’s actually a really diverse place, both in what people do for work, economically, and race. Also a lot of long time residents that make it feel much more real than the revolving door of the bay area
- upbeatlinux 4y ago
  Amusing because it's kinda true; although there are a # of startups in the area where the pay is decent (not big tech salary or crazy RSUs by any means). IIRC Sysdig was founded in Davis before they moved to SF. Tech meetups in general have lacked but non-tech related meetups have always been good - board games, etc. I think people are more well rounded and realistic about work / life balance than Bay Area tech and that's what makes Sac seem a little sleepy.

charlie0 4y ago

Couldn't agree more. It seems the only way you can really land a nice job here is to know someone just to get into the interview. I applied for many places as entry level and only landed 1 interview. Eventually applied at another large city and got multiple interviews and got an offer. It's dead here in Sac.

georgeburdell 4y ago

How many maker spaces are left in the Bay Area?