Locations of the best tech jobs

**KINGofBLEH** · July 14th, 2002, 09:02 PM

Vote for the 3 top locations with the best IT job market today.

**Mayet** · July 15th, 2002, 03:02 AM

Sydney ..... Melbourne....Brisbane....anywhere in Australia

**EvilCabbage** · July 15th, 2002, 03:12 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Mayet:
Sydney ..... Melbourne....Brisbane....anywhere in Australia<hr /></blockquote>Anywhere in Australia?

Um.. are we living in the same 'Australia'?

**NooNoo** · July 15th, 2002, 03:39 AM

UK is good too!

**Garak** · July 15th, 2002, 04:27 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by NooNoo:
UK is good too!<hr /></blockquote>Not if you can't drive

grrrrr the best one i got was "you can't drive so how can you be a tech" true im not a fully flegded tech but im learning - and quickly too, i'll show that mf'er!!!

**Archer** · July 15th, 2002, 05:27 AM

Yes,driving seems to be taken as a prerequisite by employers in many industries these days.
Seems experience,dedication and loyalty are`nt enough.

**Draggar** · July 15th, 2002, 07:01 AM

I see you didn't list Nrw Jersey. Thats good, there are not tech jobs here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

My vote was for New England..

With schools like MIT, Worchester Poly Tech, etc.. and large businesses like Raytheon, Semiconductors Intl. Co., etc..

Its not all PC related, but its electronics, I',m pretty sure that with the new missle defence system that the gov't is "working" on, they're giving a huge contract to Raytheon, they always do...

**Cleetus** · July 15th, 2002, 07:48 AM

You really shouldn't put Dallas and Houston together. They are completely different markets and built up on completely different economies. Dallas is mostly banking and the northern end of the Telecom corridor(starting in Austin really). Houston has a much different economy based around shipping(the ship channel) and mostly oil. With the fall of Enron and several of the other oil companies here, mixed with shipping being down, added with the cutbacks of the airlines, Houston sucks. Of course, Dallas got hit with the collapse of many of the Telecom companies including Lucent. As a result, I personally know Houston is awful, but due to being out of Dallas for a year now, I have no idea how bad off they are.

That and the fact that the are only 300 miles apart!!!

**Draggar** · July 15th, 2002, 07:56 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Cleetus:
That and the fact that the are only 300 miles apart!!!<hr /></blockquote>Damn, here, 300 miles will get you from Pennyslvania to Maine,
DC to Boston!

**korpse** · July 15th, 2002, 09:52 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Kaneda:
I see you didn't list Nrw Jersey. Thats good, there are not tech jobs here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

<hr /></blockquote>Are you kidding me? There are so many tech/IT jobs here that there almost aren't enough applicants to go around...

**Draggar** · July 15th, 2002, 09:53 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by korpse:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Kaneda:
I see you didn't list Nrw Jersey. Thats good, there are not tech jobs here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

<hr /></blockquote>Are you kidding me? There are so many tech/IT jobs here that there almost aren't enough applicants to go around...<hr /></blockquote>One question:

WHERE?????

2 AA's, and a bit of experience with support, training etc and I cn't even get interviews!

All the papers and sites etc list all jobs as pharmaceutical and/or sales...

Ocean, Monmouth, and parts of Union / Somerset counties..

**korpse** · July 15th, 2002, 10:21 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Kaneda:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by korpse:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Kaneda:
I see you didn't list Nrw Jersey. Thats good, there are not tech jobs here. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

<hr /></blockquote>Are you kidding me? There are so many tech/IT jobs here that there almost aren't enough applicants to go around...<hr /></blockquote>One question:

WHERE?????

2 AA's, and a bit of experience with support, training etc and I cn't even get interviews!

All the papers and sites etc list all jobs as pharmaceutical and/or sales...

Ocean, Monmouth, and parts of Union / Somerset counties..<hr /></blockquote>Haha you live in the sticks <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> ... Most of the jobs in jersey are the northeastern part of the state (bergen, essex, passaic, hudson counties).

**Draggar** · July 15th, 2002, 11:36 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by korpse:
Haha you live in the sticks <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> ... Most of the jobs in jersey are the northeastern part of the state (bergen, essex, passaic, hudson counties).<hr /></blockquote>We prefer to be called "Pinies"

Sure, those areas are great, but if you include rush hour traffic its about a 2-3 hour commute at least, and without you're looking at an hour and a half at least..

I used to work in Somerset (Franklin TWP) from brick, I'd have to leave at 6:45 to be there at 9am...

It almost killed my car.

**KINGofBLEH** · July 15th, 2002, 09:22 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Cleetus:
You really shouldn't put Dallas and Houston together. They are completely different markets and built up on completely different economies. Dallas is mostly banking and the northern end of the Telecom corridor(starting in Austin really). Houston has a much different economy based around shipping(the ship channel) and mostly oil. With the fall of Enron and several of the other oil companies here, mixed with shipping being down, added with the cutbacks of the airlines, Houston sucks. Of course, Dallas got hit with the collapse of many of the Telecom companies including Lucent. As a result, I personally know Houston is awful, but due to being out of Dallas for a year now, I have no idea how bad off they are.

That and the fact that the are only 300 miles apart!!!<hr /></blockquote>I agree Dallas and Houston have seperate and distinct economies. Actually I was gonna just put Texas in the poll but I wasnt sure how big El Paso, San Antonio, Austin, etc. were in the tech sector. So I narrowed it to Dallas/Houston.

I also agree Dallas is the higher tech of the two, but a programmer buddy of mine who used to live in Houston says that they are plenty of hidden tech jobs there if you just look hard enough. They tend to get smothered by the shipping and energy industries there.

**jeffbrown** · July 16th, 2002, 05:39 AM

Research Triangle Park in NC is a great place to work as a "computer man" as the people where I used to work down there called me. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

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