[anymouse123456]

There's a wild amount of mechanical, electronic and software work going on in the Tampa Bay area.

Work is a lot more physical here than what I saw during 2+ decades in the SF Bay area (which was mostly software oriented, IME).

There's a ton of defense tech companies, medical tech, finance and (at least) 2 huge PCB assemblers are also here (Kimbal and Jabil).

St Pete and Tampa both have extensive areas filled with small physical production companies that can do machining, lasers, plastics, engineering, etc. The services can be pricey and a bit slow because they're built around defense/medical budgets, but unlike many other geographic areas, they are available domestically and folks tend to be really helpful.