[ryanrende]

From a hiring manager perspective, you should make sure you know what you want before starting the search (industry, size of company, size of engineering team, compensation, relocation assistance, etc.) 6 months is a bit long, but 3 and 1 month prior are much more realistic. We just hired an engineer that'll be relocating from NC to NYC and the entire process (from day he applied to start date) was about 2 months exactly. As long as you're transparent with your timeline, the company shouldn't have many issues - especially in this market. Hope this helps.