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I'm a little surprised to hear this point of view from a (former?) resident. Getting a technology job is pretty easy here, if you're flexible. If you want your perfect job that pays double six figures and lets you work from home and provides free snack delivery, yeah ok, hard to find that gig.

But dev jobs in general? there's a WIDE variety of companies to work for.

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I graduated with a CS degree and the offers in my peer group were pitiful. TXDOT, USAA, Defense Contractors etc.

The best companies were Visa and Intel, back in 2013.

It’s definitely not a place where you can hop around every 2 years working for big brand names on the coolest tech (read: Java). A higher-end salary is 70-90k with maybe an ESPP vs a 300k package on the West Coast.

I’m definitely eager to go back but damn every time I check whoshiring it’s deflating.

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