What big tech companies can I try for if living in Austin?

Feb 4 12 Comments

Currently in Seattle.

If faangs and equivalent no longer support remote work in future (was told similar by a Google and doordash recruiters that they are preferring candidates who are willing to come to office than remote candidates),

what companies am I left with that would allow me to continue working from Austin? Considering moving there.

#engineering #software #swe

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  • New
    yoloyolo7

    New

    yoloyolo7
    AMZN Microsoft Google. even Facebook although that would obviously be a horrible decision
    Feb 4 0
  • Relativity / Eng
    bonki$

    Go to company page Relativity Eng

    bonki$
    During my recent hunt, almost all of the known tech companies offered a fully remote role. All those roles were equivalent to E6 or above.

    Then you have Apple, Meta, Google, Amazon. Then Databricks, Dropbox, Coinbase, and several others offer full remote.

    So, you will find plenty of opportunities.

    But don’t come to Austin, not the best spot when you have a lot of full remote opportunities.
    Feb 4 4
    • Relativity / Eng
      musnuu

      Go to company page Relativity Eng

      musnuu
      First tell me, why you are thinking about Austin? What are some factors appealing to you?
      Feb 5
    • Aura
      piTA88

      Aura

      piTA88
      I moved to the NC area and work fully remote. Was in the west coast working at FAANG before. Raleigh and Charlotte are both growing and nice places to live.

      Other smaller places that come to mind, but still with some offices in case you want to go back to the office are: Denver/Boulder, Atlanta, Portland, Tampa, Orlando.

      I agree that Austin is not for everyone. It gets hot as balls there and Texas in general has horrible politics. There is also not much to do unless all you do is hang out in the city. You’re really far from anything but extremely conservative Texas country if you want to take a day trip on the weekend.
      Feb 5
  • Google
    woAu80

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    woAu80
    Every FAANG except Netflix is in Austin, plus Tesla. There are rumors of Netflix coming in a big way also. (They are at the minimum making a big studio in Bastrop).
    Feb 4 2
  • Aura
    piTA88

    Aura

    piTA88
    I left FAANG to work remotely. Best decision of my life. You can still get a high salary and work for a fully remote first company. I make about 190k cash. My wife also works for a remote startup. She makes 200k cash.

    The main reason I left FAANG is because of this exact same issue. Everyone seemed to want to go back to the office. My teammates were going in and taking selfies from their desks like the office is the best shit ever.

    Nah, I’m good. I’ll take my 1 acre and 3,500 sq ft house in a LCOL area and have a healthier relationship with work. One in which my job doesn’t define who I am, I’m not concerned for how prestigious the brand is, and I’m not sitting in traffic for 1.5 hours a day convincing myself that I’m happy just because I work for FAANG.
    Feb 5 0
  • Dell
    corpslave0

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    corpslave0
    Dell
    Feb 5 0