6th Street is the place to go if the rain let's up.
Depending upon your budget, you may want to check out Gilligans for some great seafood. It's downtown also.
Good, inexpensive Mexican food can be had at El Patio on Guadalupe. They've been around since 1954. Very close to UT.
We haven't had this much rain in a while.
As far as work goes, Dell hires tech support quite often. Applied Materials may put some more people on in clean room assembly, but right now they are looking for engineers. And of course AMD Fab 25, IBM-Braker and Motorola. Samsung also has a semi-conductor facility, and they hire from time to time. The list of high tech places goes on and on.
Swank place to work... What are you looking for?