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As someone born and raised in Michigan and whose partner was also born and raised in Michigan, my advice is that other than visiting grandparents and hiking and touring breweries, you will find your opportunities tremendously expanded by as quickly as possible getting the fuck out of Michigan.

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Another Michigan ex-pat here to completely agree. Grew up in mid-Michigan, went to a big university there for CS, and I wasn't interested in writing .NET or Java for an insurance company. That led to moving to SF to hack on Python and JavaScript with other hipster hackers.

The only thing I really miss is Michigan's summer heat (it's mid 60's and windy here - in July).

Sunnyvale & Co are consistently in the 70s

woah, i want to hack python with other hipster hackers!

Ummm....move to the East Bay. Past the Oakland/Berkeley hills it's between 80 and 100 through the summer, and you can always Bart into SF. Rent is going to be a lot less too.

Of course it will never be as HUMID as in Michigan, but...do you really want that?

Definitely this. I live in the Boston area, and there are way, way more job openings for Python programmers right than there are qualified applicants. We3 have been trying to find good candidates in the area for months at my work, and I get a couple emails each week asking if I am interested in interviewing for other Python jobs.

Former michigander here, seconding all the advice. There are more jobs in Missouri than in Michigan.

And if you are really bold, just get the f out of US! You'll learn many things about life, human beings, etc.

My own experience: got out of France, to China, found easily jobs, now work in one of the big Chinese SNSes (written in python, by the way).

I hear Ann Arbor can be OK.

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