>I moved to keep options open. Where I was there are very little tech jobs ( more like none and very low on salary scale if you found one ) and no user groups etc...
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>I have been with same company for 10 years and am pretty secure if I want, but my wife got a good opportunity here so I asked to transfer. It allows me to "divest" now and attend .Net user groups if I want and also if I get the urge to move on ( or have to ) the Austin economy is still rocking and finding a new job would not be that hard for the near future. Our transition from VFP to .Net is slower than I want and I get the hankering every so often to move forward.
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>We live northwest out of Austin and I drive 20 minutes into work to keep the kids out of a 5A school. We like it so far. I used to work for the state in another life so I have spent enough time down here to know I like it better than Big D or H town.

I have also searched in this area for tech jobs and find very little and not so good pay. I am a sub contractor but working for the same client company for several years. I came to Texas from Oregon where the company is and I worry some about them getting tired of me being so far away. However I have invested in where I live enough that it would be hard to re-locate. I suppose I just keep hoping for the best. I once looked at the Georgetown area as there is a nice airpark there. They had mostly sold out of lots when I was looking so ended up here in East Texas. I like it but hope the work holds out. And darn I thought we could start a user group with the two of us.
Tim