[neartheplain]

There's also a full-fledged Google office in Madison, in addition to their offices in Chicago and (soon) Rochester, Minnesota. Working as a developer and living in the Midwest doesn't necessarily mean leaving Big Tech.

[hellisothers]

I love Chicago and Minnesota but the Google offices in the MW tend to be data center jobs which I see complaints aren’t really “tech” jobs so much as supporting be data center. I recall a lot of the jobs were even sourced through temp agencies.

[BooneJS]

I work at Google Madison with many other software and silicon engineers. Come take a look! https://careers.google.com/locations/madison/

Nearest DC is in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

[yesimahuman]

There are data center jobs, yes, but there are many engineering/research oriented big tech offices, especially in college towns