Not having a degree in Austin puts you at a significant disadvantage when it comes to getting recruited. I had the same problem when I lived there and I, too, do not have a degree.
Damn. Maybe I'll have to look to other cities. I put my resume into the big corps and either got nothing or had some asinine HackerRank test that lost my progress 1:45 in and then heard nothing more.
The upside is they pay you more to offset the cost of living. The downside is that roughly 50% of my income before rent goes to taxes, and half of that goes to rent.