> very few companies seem to be out here Are you able to move? There isn't exactly a shortage of dev jobs if you can relocate, and in places where the shortage

> very few companies seem to be out here Are you able to move? There isn't exactly a shortage of dev jobs if you can relocate, and in places where the shortage is on the labor pool size (like the SF bay area), you shouldn't have trouble finding a company that will help you with the move. The cost of living is higher, but you can almost certainly compensate for that by taking a higher paying job. Just putting that out there; it doesn't seem like there's much reason for an engineer to feel constrained by a lack of job opportunities in today's climate.