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Comment by jmsduran | Hacker News Reader

As a software developer who lives in Austin, I find it disconcerting whenever I hear about developer layoffs, especially in our city.

I hope this is just an isolated incident of bad company strategy than an overall industry trend.

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I feel the same way whenever I see large developer layoffs in my city.

I also feel unnerved when I see unsustainable companies go on unsustainable hiring binges. It's like the first scene in a horror movie. Are you crazy? Don't go in there! He'll kill you!

Come to some meetups here in Austin. I can't get through a meetup here without a company announcing that they are hiring. Especially the more niche meetups like the Python Web Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/austinwebpythonusergroup/events/880678...

My startup is based out of Capital Factory, and if you even just walked in the door during Friday happy hour and announced that you were a developer here in Austin looking for a job, hungry funded startup owners would descend on you like wolves.

All that to say: You have nothing to be worried about. And also, come to more events...especially ones held at Capital Factory. :)

Python Web development is still niche? Are any of these companies looking for remote work, by any chance? :-P

There's some serious the-future-isn't-evenly-distributed stuff going on with programming languages and cities. I have a friend in Memphis who tells me that Rails is just starting to get noticed there (!)

Sent you an email. :)

I'm a developer looking for a job that wants to move to Austin. What's a good place to start?

If you want to work on mobile apps, Mutual Mobile is looking for people.

Add some contact information and details to your HN profile. :)

As someone who was a developer in Austin as of a few months ago, I can imagine other Austin area companies salivating at the fresh infusion of developers into the market. They should be okay (or at least I hope so!).

Luckily for them there is plenty of opportunity in our city. I've yet to find a local tech company that isn't hiring.

On the bright side, there may be some good people to be found in the ash pile.

Layoffs are horrible when they happen, but 6 months later after the dust has settled and smoke blown over, everyone who was talented and laid off is now better off because the number of weak ties they now have to people in other companies has multiplied dramatically in a short time.

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