starwind0

In Austin you can get anywhere from 100k to 160k. For instance I know for a fact that Amazon pays mobile devs in austin 160k. That said, this isn't san fran. you can own a house for a quarter of a san fran condo's bathroom. I was making more at my colorado job, but I feel like I have a lot more money here.

Yeahhhh. Heck just trying to do UI or integration tests are a pain. Not to mention the things I do to match the iOS animations my counter part got for free.

Okay then.

Why you leave?!

Some people love it. My dad is obsessed with it despite being from Texas. It's unfortunate that the responses and strong opinions took away from the points I was trying to make.

I will also say I've worked with mostly young people. IE an old guy was a manager in his mid 30s.

I will also note, as someone who has worked at dino companies. That is not a reflection of the engineers. It's how the day to day works. How painfully slow work is because 3 departments need to get their act together. I'm sorry you took that as me saying your friends are bad.

I love how crazy everyone got and how very far off the mark I went. Hah half of them are telling me, a power lifter who works out 4 days a week how I must hate people who are into sports and athletics. I should have been more explicit. Sounds like you have a great crew! it's just a pattern I've noticed. Having worked in 3 states. Culture is a real thing. There can be pockets. I think the culture is MUCH worse in Denver, than Broomfield, boulder, fort collins.

Yeah I'm not getting into that debate on an internet forum.

Sorry, no, that is not what I was saying at all. I also do not appreciate that logical leap you tried to impose.

You like well rounded people. You do not understand the term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brogrammer Interesting well rounded people are cool. Being a sterotypical frat boy is not.

I owned in Broomfield. It's the burbs. It .. well not for a 20 something single dude. Otherwise very nice.

Sure, gaming, tech interests, programing.

Feel free to move to Denver :-) Just remember you were warned. I only lived there about 25 years. Trust me I am not talking just coworkers. People in Texas are in general more friendly. You will notice these things if you move around like I have.

I've had no shortage of suiters. Granted I say that as a single dude, but I know a few who would date me. MANY more times that of Denver. Just because I know more people because everyone is so friendly. I mean there is a whole university to offset from the software engineers.

I still do Android. A lot better since we went to studio, but it's still far far from where it needs to be.

You know Android?

I lived in San Diego. That was worse than Denver by a lot. I think I got 1 interview at, oh Jitterbug? Went back to Denver, now I am in Austin.

It's not that hard to get a job as an Android dev. It's hard to find a good place to work. Not to mention everyone wanted contract.

Android devs. We can find iOS easily. No one wants to do Android. Seems weird given that android is OS. But I live in Austin now, not Denver. Denver is terrible.

Can we not link paywalls?

Personally I have never really seen the point in writing one. My resume has all my abilities and even a bit about me. The recruiter is going to scan the resume and let the computer decide if I get the interview. That said the smarter thing you can do is copy the job posting, attach it to the end of your resume. I usually do it in micro print and white, as it's just for the machines.

Speaking as someone that has interviewed a lot of senior level engineers in the last 2 years. The fastest way to get a black mark is to hand me an 6 page resume. Frankly as a lead, with 10 resumes on my desk.. most of whom don't have the right skill set. The last thing you want to do is make me hunt to see if you can do the job. Cover letters in the rare case I got them, I didn't read at all. If your resume interests me I'll look at your linkedin.

That said, I am a senior / lead android dev. So I don't exactly hurt on the job front.. I have noticed the smaller the company the more they want you to know about them. Especially start ups (the more obscure and small the higher the expectation)