I've been traveling for over a month now... make it stop

[Ns1]

Sometimes as you move around the corporate ladder you find a job you never even realized you like

oh man, can you imagine T as a cog in the corporate machine?!?!!? The rants would be epic.

 

[clamum]

I hope the OP is just trolling when he posts shit like this. He's so fucking stupid and abrasive but acts like he knows it all and is the victim. LOL... please be trolling, cause it almost hurts seeing people this pathetic and clueless.

 

[purbeast0]

For development, your best bet is starting your own gig. Most companies outsource coding these days, it's very hard to get in to the ones that don't.

lolwut?

 

[IronWing]

In order to help out the OP I spun the magic eight ball (Google Earth) and found the perfect place. I spun the ball, stopped it with my eyes closed, and picked the closest inhabited place. You will want to meet your new neighbors at Irregular Arces Farm just to the north. The natives speak english ater a fashion so there will be no language issues. There's a lake right there for fishing and swimming and a nice church just down the road if you are so inclined. Game is plentiful. Enjoy.

 

[nageov3t]

bingo.



judging by the fact that he called most of Chicago a ghetto shithole, I highly doubt it.

well, it's not a ghetto at the very least.

 

[Platypus]

lolwut?

have you not figured out to just completely ignore anything that Red Squirrel says yet?

 

[Platypus]

well, it's not a ghetto at the very least.

says the guy who lives in jersey?

 

[nageov3t]

says the guy who lives in jersey?

Jersey is amazing, tyvm.

<3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7kuqow3gg&feature=kp

 

[Thebobo]

IF i were you I would drive the Pan American Highway as far as you car takes you. Then find yourself a little Latin lover and make that your home.

 

[Ns1]

Jersey is amazing, tyvm.

<3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U7kuqow3gg&feature=kp

Jersey is great if you're white and/or rich.

You can see where all the rich people live when flying into Newark (so much green/pools!)...and then you hit the area around Newark and you're like :awe:

 

[TridenT]

Aren't you that guy that wants to be a software engineer straight out of college, but your resume says you were a cashier at Ross or something? How are the job interviews going?

I have a year of job experience with web dev. Different but I'm not too worried. (Mostly php/MySQL and JavaScript with bootstrap/jquery)

 

[Red Squirrel]

lolwut?

Well that's been my experience anyway, most companies outsource it. MOST being the keyword, yeah some may not, but most do. It's usually a stupid idea but they do it anyway. Usually has to do with someone sucking someone's dick. Ex: Why the US healthcare site was contracted out to CGI instead of in house. Same idea.

The companies that don't outsource usually have very high requirements and it's companies like Microsoft and Google which get thousands of applicants. Or it's mom and pop shops that want someone to code them the world, do help desk, IT support, PBX support and clean the bathrooms, for minimum wage.

Of course it depends on location. Down south there's probably way more jobs and you can probably even get in at one of the companies others are outsourcing to. But those big cities have high cost of living, tons of traffic, pollution and overall arn't very fun to live in. I know Trident would not like it.

 

[TridenT]

NYC is interesting but so damn expensive. (And cold and miserable during most of the year...) Williamsburg seems to be the only place in Brooklyn I'd consider living in too. (Just for the sake of commute time into Manhattan; not for the yuppies) Maybe somewhere closer to Manhattan that I could use my bike to ride into the city with...

 

[DrPizza]

TridenT - it's too late for you, but if anyone else gets an idea to attempt the same:
Full sized minivan - like a grand caravan. Make some curtains to put up in the back (use the hanger things to hold them up.) 12V inflatable full mattress. YMCA membership. Go to the YMCA each morning or evening, get a workout, take your shower. Plenty of room in the van for all your belongings for the road trip, plus ample room to sleep comfortably, or at least as comfortably as you can on an air mattress (not all created equal). That would sure beat staying in a room at a hostel with 10 other people.

 

[rh71]

Cities are going to be lacking in feel and appearance for the most part. If you grew up middle class or better and used to the freedom of driving around yourself, you want the suburbs. I thought everybody knew this.

 

[desura]

OP wtf are you doing, exactly? You're just driving to random parts of the USA? I'm guessing recently out of college, want to go somewhere?

Moving someplace and then hoping to get a job is risky and not advisable IMO. Unless you have someone else. Only move for a job.

Someone else said move to your hometown and get a job from there. That seems like good advice.

Otherwise...the only thing I can say is that the number one determinate of a region is going to be the climate and weather.

 

[TridenT]

OP wtf are you doing, exactly? You're just driving to random parts of the USA? I'm guessing recently out of college, want to go somewhere?

Moving someplace and then hoping to get a job is risky and not advisable IMO. Unless you have someone else. Only move for a job.

Someone else said move to your hometown and get a job from there. That seems like good advice.

Otherwise...the only thing I can say is that the number one determinate of a region is going to be the climate and weather.

I don't have a hometown. I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to get a software/web development job in any city that I move to.

I'm looking at Philadelphia just because it's (relatively) so close to NYC, Baltimore, DC, Boston, and Pittsburgh. It would be a convenient city in terms of cost (Sort of, the taxes are fucking ridiculous! 9 percent sales tax, 3.92% income tax (Philadelphia only), another income tax from Pennsylvania, and then another tax they add on. The fuck? In Seattle there was a 9.5% sales tax and that was it! It might be different if you own a house or something but I never had anything but that sales tax. So I take a .5% less sales tax in Philadelphia but get fucked in the ass with massive taxes in other parts.) compared to NYC... but that's only because NYC has just as outrageous taxes and is way more expensive.

It basically takes a $70k/yr wage from $52.6k/yr in Seattle to ~$46k/yr in Philadelphia. That's ridiculous...


This might be out of date but it's probably still not far off: http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/taxburden/

 

[desura]

I don't have a hometown. I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to get a software/web development job in any city that I move to.

I'm looking at Philadelphia just because it's (relatively) so close to NYC, Baltimore, DC, Boston, and Pittsburgh. It would be a convenient city in terms of cost (Sort of, the taxes are fucking ridiculous! 9 percent sales tax, 3.92% income tax (Philadelphia only), another income tax from Pennsylvania, and then another tax they add on. The fuck? In Seattle there was a 9.5% sales tax and that was it! It might be different if you own a house or something but I never had anything but that sales tax. So I take a .5% less sales tax in Philadelphia but get fucked in the ass with massive taxes in other parts.) compared to NYC... but that's only because NYC has just as outrageous taxes and is way more expensive.

It basically takes a $70k/yr wage from $52.6k/yr in Seattle to ~$46k/yr in Philadelphia. That's ridiculous...

What do you mean you don't have a hometown? Are you a recent immigrant to the US? Didn't you at least go to school for a while here?

Philadelphia can be all right if you settle in the right neighborhood and do your best to stay as close as you can to the Center City bubble.

But you know, I really hate major cities because they're so steeped in the past. And taxes are so insane because municipal unions negotiated crazy generous deals with previous city governments.

If you can go anywhere and make a decent living I wouldn't choose Philadelphia because simply put, all of the restaurants and bars and historic culture DOES NOT MATTER.

I would choose a smallish town in Virginia or the Carolinas.

 

[TridenT]

What do you mean you don't have a hometown? Are you a recent immigrant to the US? Didn't you at least go to school for a while here?

Philadelphia can be all right if you settle in the right neighborhood and do your best to stay as close as you can to the Center City bubble.

But you know, I really hate major cities because they're so steeped in the past. And taxes are so insane because municipal unions negotiated crazy generous deals with previous city governments.

If you can go anywhere and make a decent living I wouldn't choose Philadelphia because simply put, all of the restaurants and bars and historic culture DOES NOT MATTER.

I would choose a smallish town in Virginia or the Carolinas.

Some people move around during their life. Not everyone lives in the same house/region for 20+ years. The area I spent most of my life in I don't know anyone in and it's a small deadbeat area anyway.

Just because I went to a college somewhere doesn't mean I am better off there. That's illogical to think so.

 

[jaedaliu]

It's not like people are wanting to interview candidates who are not living in their city or have even visited the city they're interviewing the candidate in. (In general, there are special cases) You could do a phone interview as well but again... why would I waste my time with someone who has never been to my city?

Because as an interviewer, I want someone qualified. And who cares if they're across the country? My company has budget to relocate. As long as I can get the right guy for the job, little else matters.

If you think I'm traveling without a care, you're pretty clueless. It's an extremely stressful trip because I don't have the same life like other people. Wherever I live, I'm going to be devoting a lot of time and energy into shit and if it doesn't pan out then I'm going to have wasted more of my life away. I rather invest in a city that I feel at least somewhat good about investing in than just plopping myself down on a map and "hoping" it just works out. I spent the last 3.5 years in Seattle putting way too much time and energy into that shithole and I got nothing of value out of it. Hell, I was hating it within the first couple weeks and was counting down the time I had left before the first 9 months were even over. I was dying to get out but I couldn't because I had made a commitment.

I don't want to get into that kind of situation again with another city.

So, like, what exactly did you do for the city of Seattle?

And you should really consider taking the $1,000,000.00/year job in Seattle. After a couple years you can take your savings and buy a house wherever you want to live and work. Life's long. If you have housing squared away early, you'll have a lot more time/money for the other things in life.

 

[TridenT]

Because as an interviewer, I want someone qualified. And who cares if they're across the country? My company has budget to relocate. As long as I can get the right guy for the job, little else matters.



So, like, what exactly did you do for the city of Seattle?

And you should really consider taking the $1,000,000.00/year job in Seattle. After a couple years you can take your savings and buy a house wherever you want to live and work. Life's long. If you have housing squared away early, you'll have a lot more time/money for the other things in life.

I said, in general. I'm not talking about mega-companies or a group needing specialists. Out of college, a medium to small group/company doesn't want to pay for someone's relocation.

But you lose a valuable time of your life that you'll never get back. The years before 30 are much more valuable than the later ones.

 

[disappoint]

TridenT - it's too late for you, but if anyone else gets an idea to attempt the same:
Full sized minivan - like a grand caravan. Make some curtains to put up in the back (use the hanger things to hold them up.) 12V inflatable full mattress. YMCA membership. Go to the YMCA each morning or evening, get a workout, take your shower. Plenty of room in the van for all your belongings for the road trip, plus ample room to sleep comfortably, or at least as comfortably as you can on an air mattress (not all created equal). That would sure beat staying in a room at a hostel with 10 other people.

What do you mean it's too late for him? He'll have plenty of time to live in a van down by the river, when he's living in a van down by the river.

 

[BudAshes]

You hated SD? lol

Seriously, wtf. Go to florida then, that's where all the freaks live. See Alky.

 

[slugg]

Seriously, wtf. Go to florida then, that's where all the freaks live. See Alky.

Me too.

 

[slugg]

Out of college, a medium to small group/company doesn't want to pay for someone's relocation.

They did for me, and I'm not anything special. So you must REALLY suck.