[ajg1977]

Ditto. Unless you're looking for bar work, or something where job seeking involves actively canvassing locations, then even if you did move to city XYZ your job seeking would largely still be performed online.

It would also be foolish to move to somewhere like the Bay area or Los Angeles where the location of your new job could result in a 90 minute commute both way. (e.g. you move to North Beach and land a job in Palo Alto). Moving sucks. Moving twice sucks more :)

What you must be prepared to do however is fly to city XYZ at a few days notice, and potentially on your own dime, for one or more interviews. And if you do land that job, be prepared to start the next week.

[bitwize]

And if you do land that job, be prepared to start the next week.

Yeah, crap, I made the mistake of not being prepared for that when I moved out here (Cambridge area, MA). I interviewed, they wanted me right away, so I had to literally pack my things and get my ass out there before I could do basic stuff like look for a place to live. I had my laptop and a suitcase full of clothes and other stuff and that was it.