[bsder]

Austin is more hype than substance. And it has gotten really expensive as well.

San Diego, for example, stomps all over Austin in terms of software jobs, and Austin's hardware scene is laughable.

[kzhahou]

What are the SD companies?

[bsder]

Go down to Sorrento Valley. Take a rock, and throw it at a building. Austin doesn't have the defense and biotech sectors that San Diego has.

Big ones: BAE, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics. (Previously I would have listed Qualcomm ...)

A zillion biotech startups: I drive past at least a dozen near here every day: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9104712,-117.2304182,18.57z

Rockstar San Diego seems to be hiring as far as I can tell.

In addition, a lot of manufacturing companies up in the San Marcos/Vista area all need automation programmers.

If you're not finding SD companies with software jobs, I'm very surprised.

[hobscrk777]

I, too, would be interested to hear the response.