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I live in Austin. Same concentration of crazy smart people, only with less attitude. Did I mention that you can actually buy a house here? With a chance of payi

by bjpcjp 13y ago

I live in Austin. Same concentration of crazy smart people, only with less attitude. Did I mention that you can actually buy a house here? With a chance of paying it off? And a 25 minute commute? THIS is why 1 of every 50 cars in Austin has a California license plate. EDIT: there's less access to VC money here. But that doesn't seem to be stopping people.

debt 13y ago
Cool. Have fun in Austin.
- deleted 13y ago
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fistofjohnwayne 13y ago
I think it would be good for you to realize that what gives your life fulfillment (mortgages, shorter average commutes than SF) might not mean anything to other people.
- bjpcjp 13y ago
  I do - an excellent point. Don't get me wrong, I love coming out there to visit. (Especially in June/July/August.) But the cost/benefit seems way out of whack unless you've already done a startup & have an inside straight to more startup $, or already have family in the area. It's not just me: http://www.quora.com/Silicon-Valley/Whats-the-dark-side-of-Silicon-Valley http://www.quora.com/Silicon-Valley/Whats-the-dark-side-of-S...
EternalFury 13y ago
Dude, hook me up, I would like to move my family to Austin.
- bjpcjp 13y ago
  Here's a great starting point: http://capitalfactory.com/ http://capitalfactory.com/. They are connected.
  - EternalFury 13y ago
    Thank you!
throwaway1979 13y ago
Any tips on figuring out good startups/tech companies in the area?
- bjpcjp 13y ago
  @throwaway1979, see above & good luck!
wyclif 13y ago
If you know who's hiring in Austin, feel free to drop me a line.
- bjpcjp 13y ago
  http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=ruby+or+python+or+javascript+or+nosql+or+hadoop&l=Austin%2C+TX http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=ruby+or+python+or+javascript+or...
justinwi 13y ago
Pleasantly surprised Austin's representation on this thread. My homage to you and your great city: http://hiring.customerdevlabs.com/work-in-austin/ http://hiring.customerdevlabs.com/work-in-austin/ Just submitted to https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest if you'd like to get the word out. Who do you suggest I pass interested people along to?
- bjpcjp 13y ago
  Done. The Austin tweet is in my Buffer queue. I suggest http://capitalfactory.com/ http://capitalfactory.com/, http://ati.utexas.edu/ http://ati.utexas.edu/, http://techranchaustin.com/ http://techranchaustin.com/ for starters. Also consider hitting up http://austinonrails.org/ http://austinonrails.org/, and any of the Javascript/R/Python meetups. Every one of them seems to be packed every week. Happy Friday, 'yall.

by bjpcjp 13y ago

debt 13y ago

Cool. Have fun in Austin.

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fistofjohnwayne 13y ago

I think it would be good for you to realize that what gives your life fulfillment (mortgages, shorter average commutes than SF) might not mean anything to other people.

bjpcjp 13y ago
I do - an excellent point. Don't get me wrong, I love coming out there to visit. (Especially in June/July/August.) But the cost/benefit seems way out of whack unless you've already done a startup & have an inside straight to more startup $, or already have family in the area. It's not just me: http://www.quora.com/Silicon-Valley/Whats-the-dark-side-of-Silicon-Valley http://www.quora.com/Silicon-Valley/Whats-the-dark-side-of-S...

EternalFury 13y ago

Dude, hook me up, I would like to move my family to Austin.

bjpcjp 13y ago
Here's a great starting point: http://capitalfactory.com/ http://capitalfactory.com/. They are connected.
- EternalFury 13y ago
  Thank you!

throwaway1979 13y ago

Any tips on figuring out good startups/tech companies in the area?

bjpcjp 13y ago
@throwaway1979, see above & good luck!

wyclif 13y ago

If you know who's hiring in Austin, feel free to drop me a line.

bjpcjp 13y ago
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=ruby+or+python+or+javascript+or+nosql+or+hadoop&l=Austin%2C+TX http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=ruby+or+python+or+javascript+or...

justinwi 13y ago

Pleasantly surprised Austin's representation on this thread. My homage to you and your great city: http://hiring.customerdevlabs.com/work-in-austin/ http://hiring.customerdevlabs.com/work-in-austin/ Just submitted to https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest if you'd like to get the word out. Who do you suggest I pass interested people along to?

bjpcjp 13y ago
Done. The Austin tweet is in my Buffer queue. I suggest http://capitalfactory.com/ http://capitalfactory.com/, http://ati.utexas.edu/ http://ati.utexas.edu/, http://techranchaustin.com/ http://techranchaustin.com/ for starters. Also consider hitting up http://austinonrails.org/ http://austinonrails.org/, and any of the Javascript/R/Python meetups. Every one of them seems to be packed every week. Happy Friday, 'yall.