[oil7abibi]

Of all the cities in the 25 different countries I traveled to, Santa Monica is definitely up there. Great location in LA, amazing food, vibrant neighborhoods, beautiful (and mostly friendly) people. Biggest downside to me is that there isn’t enough tech opportunities there. Else I’d move there in a heartbeat.

[jaaron]

Not sure how long ago you were here, but there's an increasing number of tech opportunities here and nearby. Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, Hulu and more are all in or next door to Santa Monica. Over at Riot Games, we've got at least a hundred open engineering positions ranging from entry level to senior leaders. There are dozens of startups.

No, it's not the bay area and it never will be. But I'm fairly certain any reasonably skilled engineer is not going to have trouble finding work on the westside of LA. Compensation is competitive too, since we have to lure folks down from the bay but our cost of living is not nearly as expensive.

[johnwyles]

I'm here. I moved from Austin (call me crazy). I haven't seen a slowdown in recruiter spam since I've arrived.

[southphillyman]

Isn't the Venice/Santa Monica area known as Silicon Beach? I was under the impression there were relatively many media related software jobs there.

I was just there 2 weeks ago and loved it. I like that area much more than some of the popular neighborhoods like SilverLake, etc.

[jaaron]

It is.

[davidy123]

Silicon Beach is used to refer to Los Angeles.

[ChristianGeek]

No, it’s generally considered to be the area west of the 405 from north of LAX to the Santa Monica mountains. Hundreds of tech companies, especially startups. (I work at one of them.)

[that_one_fool]

Silicon Beach refers to the Westside of LA. Most tech in LA is located on the west: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Beach

[that_one_fool]

When you say there aren't enough tech opportunities, what cities is this relative to?

[starpilot]

> beautiful people

No kidding. Quite a distraction, though.