Thats why I left austin in 2000...the job market is not good, and the pay is worse. However its a nice town, and as previously mentioned its a university town with more labor than work, which drives the cost down. There weren't many jobs for ccnp types when I left, and I suppose there are none now..
Larry Letterman Cisco Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of NetEng Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 3:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: question to CCIEs [7:48507] Madison is not a high tech area so don't count on getting a routing only job. There is about a dozen companies that need a full time engineer and once those jobs are landed they tend to stick. I too am a CCNP/CCDP and have a couple of leads, but it's thin here too. I was stationed outside Austin and its a great place and true to the word, a lot like Madison. ""Davis, Scott [ISE/RAC]"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I live south of Milwaukee and have been looking for a network engineering > position anywhere in WI for about 6 months and Jeff is right. I am CCNP / > CCDP certified and have 9 years experience and the recruiters can't seem to > manage a callback. The few direct hire positions I have seen are all for > NT/mail/SQL admin jobs with a few routers on the side. > > Things are thin all over it seems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: question to CCIEs [7:48507] > > > Puckette, Larry (TIFPC) wrote: > > > It's been some time ago but last time I went to the web and used one of > the > > comparison calculators for Austin and Dallas I could take a 25% pay cut to > > live at same standards in Dallas. Austin is historically an overeducated, > > underpaid economy. Austin promotes the hill country to our west to keep > real > > estate costs high and there are too many colleges and graduating students > > that tend to stay in the area driving the wages down. Add to that the fact > > that the IT industry is stale here and not many jobs available. > > > Austin sounds a lot like Madison, Wisconsin. We're moving back to that > area (WI) in a year or two. Here's hoping it improves. (Anybody there > in Madison now? Is there much demand for CCNPs and CCIEs?) > > -- TT Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48637&t=48507 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
