Looking for some Texans in this site. Heavily considering moving to Texas from N.Y. One thing considering is the work availability or the availability in my particular specialty(Wireless construction management).

Anyone out there with any insight?

Thanks all.

 

So what area in Texas are you thinking about moving to?
I'm not that familiar with cellular field but I know someone that has some insight into this.

MikeyB

 

Not very set on area. Looking at the Dallas area for now. But not set on it. Really where the job market will allow me to go to.

 

Don'y tell anyone you are from NY. The'll say "Get a rope."

 

dallas or houston probally what your lookin for

 

gonna hav to put mud flaps on yea truck unless u keep your old tags

 

San Antonio or Austin is my first pick. Being from the great state of Oklahoma, I've learned first hand that DFW and Houston are just too crazy, nowadays...too big. But like someone else said about the rope, if you aint from Texas bahwee, yua Yankee.

 

usally how it goes

 

For your job, big city is probably the best bet, unfortunately.
Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio.
Dallas (yes it is crazy and lots o' folks live here) would be a good place to start. Richardson (just north of Dallas) used to be "Tele-Com corridor". Lots of telecom companies sprouted up in the 90's. Lots of them have gone under, downsized or merged, but a few have hung in there.
I moved here from a small town in PA in 1998. Took a while to get used to the big city, traffic, the ethnic diversity, the weather etc. In a nutshell, I love Texas but hate Dallas (you could probably insert any big city in place of Dallas in that sentence). We are outdoors folks, I hunt and ride ATV's and off-road motorcycles, we love to camp and canoe and just sight see. Any direction, within 2 hours of Dallas, is a totally different landscape and there is plenty to do (I especially love the hill country).
And, uh, even if you don't tell anyone you are from NY, they'll figure it out pretty quick

Good luck,
~Rob

 

The first thing I will say as a born and raised Texan is welcome to anyone that was not so lucky to have been born here.
The 2nd thing I will say is if you are going tell me “ how you did things up north “ then go home there is a reason that we do things the way we do down here. Its because we are not up north.
The first Texas summer that you spend here will explain the above statement.

 

Come on down. We live about 35 miles West of Austin and drive back and forth.

 

Check/register with www.dice.com. They will email you a listing of tech jobs that are open daily. I keep watching for sys admins and find that there are a lot of jobs online in the DFW area.

 

There is a guy around here that is originally from New York. He has gotten so used to being called "Yankee" that when someone says his first name he does not recognize it. "It's not as dangerous down here as everybody says." What do you do? "I'm a tail gunner on a bread truck in Laredo".

 

Being a displaced Native Houstonian I agree with Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin. If you're luckly you can find a place on the out skirts of each. Houston (Tomball, Magnolia, Hockley, Sheldon, Katy) Dallas (Mesquite, Plano, Richardson). Unfortunately for the past 10 yrs or so all of the above locations have started to boom but you can still find a safe and quiet place to live if you know where to look. Folks in Tx are pretty friendly and easy going as long as you don't cross them.

 

what major city you wanna live by and do u wanna live in the suburbs or country?