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Totally off topic but I'm seeing a lot of hiring going on in Texas. What is going on down there?
by shubb 11y ago
Totally off topic but I'm seeing a lot of hiring going on in Texas. What is going on down there?
- natebleker 11y agoTax incentives, lower cost of living, and pro business local governments are driving larger companies to relocate headquarters or major research ops to Texas en-mass.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoPlease don't take this the wrong way, but Texas is a pretty terrible place to live: http://pastebin.com/Vt6vNgeS http://pastebin.com/Vt6vNgeS http://web.archive.org/web/20150401050939/https://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/14/texas-is-on-the-brink-legislative-study-group-says/ http://web.archive.org/web/20150401050939/https://www.texast...
- bryondowd 11y agoSounds like a great place to live, if you're privileged and don't care about the environment or the poor.
- CONTRARlAN 11y agoOr, perhaps you move there because you care about the environment or the poor, and that's how change happens.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoGonna need a whole lot more people to move there before any change occurs.
- pkaye 11y agoWell you need some way to pay for the tax subsidies.
- CONTRARlAN 11y agoAre those environmental stats per capita or area? I ask only because it's by far the largest state in the CONUS, which makes me wonder if that doesn't play a contributing role.
- sizzzzlerz 11y agoNot to mention a crazy governor who believes military exercises are a prelude to Obama taking over his state.
- Quanticles 11y agoIt's a big tech hub outside of silicon valley that's arguably more fun and undeniably less expensive
- Xeoncross 11y agoRight after CA, Texas is the highest GDP state. It's also has beautiful clouds and sunsets.
- amyjess 11y agoTexas has always had a huge tech industry presence, particularly the telecom industry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Corridor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Corridor (and there's also a lot of tech industry here outside the Corridor proper, too) Personally, I love living and working in the suburbs of Dallas, and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
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- teekert 11y agoGoogle Fiber? (In Austin at least)
- jhayward 11y agoThe Texas economy has, until a few months ago, been booming due to shale oil & gas development. Add in no income tax and warm weather with young folks doing sporty things and it's fairly attractive. Austin has a somewhat robust semiconductor focus, with Freescale, AMD, Intel, and Apple present. Some low-power IOT type tech including Silicon Labs (Energy Micro), and Ambiq in addition to afore-mentioned Freescale. There are a few DOD/spook type shops, and some financial techs, such as Visa, Paypal, Netspend, etc.