Things are getting better here in the 'Burgh. It was real bad in the early 90's. Between the death of Westinghouse, CA's takeover of Legent and Lycos leaving, there were a lot of experienced techies flooding the job market.
If you live in the county and work in town, public transportation is pretty good. Parking is a little scarce and they never seem to get arround to fixing all the bridges and widening all the roads.
I've worked for some places that are really formal and others that are very casual.
Cost of living is pretty decent (of course the pay is scaled down to match). If you don't mind a commute of over one hour you can live real cheap in the neighboring counties.
The culture in the 'Burgh is pretty unique. The same guys that do business over a round of golf in the summer, wear cammo and hunt deer in the fall and then go fishing in the spring. I've heard that more money per person is spent on the arts (Opera, Ballet, Theatre, Orchestra, etc.) than on sports (baseball, hockey, pro football, college football, highschool football, college basketball). Most of the big shows make their way here eventually.
I think the high-tech outlook in Pittsburgh is getting better. But there are still a lot of people who wish the mills were back and let's face it, no one is afraid the crime rate will rise because geeks can't get jobs here. Democrats still run the city (and they have to cater to the unions), but Republicans have been gaining more control over county government.
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If you live in the county and work in town, public transportation is pretty good. Parking is a little scarce and they never seem to get arround to fixing all the bridges and widening all the roads.
I've worked for some places that are really formal and others that are very casual.
Cost of living is pretty decent (of course the pay is scaled down to match). If you don't mind a commute of over one hour you can live real cheap in the neighboring counties.
The culture in the 'Burgh is pretty unique. The same guys that do business over a round of golf in the summer, wear cammo and hunt deer in the fall and then go fishing in the spring. I've heard that more money per person is spent on the arts (Opera, Ballet, Theatre, Orchestra, etc.) than on sports (baseball, hockey, pro football, college football, highschool football, college basketball). Most of the big shows make their way here eventually.
I think the high-tech outlook in Pittsburgh is getting better. But there are still a lot of people who wish the mills were back and let's face it, no one is afraid the crime rate will rise because geeks can't get jobs here. Democrats still run the city (and they have to cater to the unions), but Republicans have been gaining more control over county government.