Director of IT and I'm 30 years old I also live in Indiana trying to find another job is so painstakingly difficult because comparable positions are exceedingly rare but when I try to file out of state I never get any sort a call back. Do people just not like people from the Midwest or do they think we're all stupid or something
My guess it is more of "of IT" part than Midwest. " Of software engineering" would get more responses. People move from Midwest all the time. I moved 10 years ago, my friend moved about a week ago. Software engineers.
I'm mostly infrastructure which is what IT would normally mean
Infrastructure for what? Corporate infrastructure is much different then running production infrastructure for a product.
Recruiters almost never want to deal with non-local candidates. Usually because they don’t need to but also because of not wanting to pay relocation. Has nothing to do with being in the Midwest. Try putting down a local address in your application (use a friend) or spend some time traveling and networking in the city you want to move to.
You know the drill. Income, bonus, RSUs before we answer any other questions. 😂😂😂 I think the distance factor is real when applying out of state. For some companies, not all. Just read something on LinkedIn where one candidate shares his rejection from a prospective employer. They openly told him a one-hour commute wouldn’t be viable, so he would be removed from consideration. For others, they might have an incredibly short window to hire and fill. Do you live in Indy, or a smaller town? I understand there can only be so many directors of IT in one state but do you think they might be looking for a candidate who works for a company with a particular profile? For profit / nonprofit? Public sector / private sector? Healthcare IT is notoriously picky about candidates who haven’t worked in HCIT. Are these just obligatory external postings when they have an internal candidate in mind? I’ve seen companies do this for compliance purposes, only to cancel the external one because they had someone internal already picked out.
Mostly government and K-12
Private companies often consider people who spent 10+ years in government service to be dead weight by default. Different work style etc. Government hires slowly and often from their pools of local candidates. Get the hell out of government work locally for a few years and try again.
I'm from Midwest as well and never had any issues.. since you said infrastructure, how much are you up to date with recent trend / technologies? Finding a good candidate is still tough and being a hiring manager in the past - location is never been an issue as long as the candidate brings some value to the table
As of recently I've been using Otter, Meraki, Nutanix, Horizon 7,Aerohive etc. Fairly up-to-date
I see the problems.. although you are up to date but these skills are not something a company would hire a candidate out-of-state as its pretty common and available in all states.. at the same time due to recent changes in infrastructure domains, demand is very very low for these skills-set.. I'd recommend you to start doing little bit of coding or switch working area a little bit to be competitive in the market... this is not a safe area to pursue career
There are lots of middle American working on tech with no problem, maybe you should leetcode more?
He is in it, not eng. his biggest challenge is figuring out cisco’s manual :). Ok that was mean. I take it back. Demand just isn’t super high for it. Many companies see it as necessary evil.
IT means you are the guy that asks people if computer is plugged in. Or you tell them to turn it off and on again. You also explain that they can't plug the power in the USB port. If you have written any code at all, put software engineer
I'm in Indy also. The issues is tech people in Indy don't demand more money to push up tech salaries in Indy. Its actually harder to live in the midwest thanit is NYC or LA or the valley. Home price aren't not cheaper in the Midwest once you factor everything in. And know Ruby or Pyrhon or Blockhain is not easy just because you in Indiana. I would say keep looking, maybe start your own business. Just keep pushing. 30 is super young, and you are a director of IT, so you are lucky.
3 story home in Indy: $200k. That home in Cali: $800k minimum. Unless you meant the double negative of "aren't not". And my starting salary was around $70k.
Learn Blockchain. Ethereum, the ins and outs of crytpo. Indy will be in crytpo the way it is in tech marketing. People just dont really "know" it. Tons of folks here into cypto.
Same problem when graduating from a school in the Midwest and looking for jobs in tech.
Not true if you went to UChicago, UIllinois, UMichigan, OSU, Purdue, CMU etc