Traffic alone makes me want to move to the likes of Bismark, or possibly Billings. However, if you happen across an employer who is sympathtic (and most of the ones I've come across are), your expected to be in the office between times such as 10AM-7PM, give or take. A few employers that I'm aware of have started taking to telecommuting for Software Developers and the like.
Traffic is not an issue then, and the plus side is that you can sleep later in the day;-)
I have had days, however, where I have spent 2+ hours on a 7 lane freeway, in 95 degree heat.
When it comes down to it, in my opinion, Buffalo is just not a techie town. The economy isn't there, and opportunities for advancment are fairly non-existant (with exceptions, as always).
If you get the chance, take a look at the Atlanta section of computerjobs.com, and then compare it to the Buffalo News computer jobs listing, you'll see my point.
If the chance arose, I'd come back to the land of football, chicken wings, and snowmobies, but until then, this isn't too bad once you get used to the enormous stockpile of confederate flags, trucks, and of course, confederate flags attached to trucks.
Live in Buffalo 'burbs for 20 years, and then move to the deep south. I've started counting down the days until fall, as opposed to counting down the days until the "spring thaw".
Atlanta. I did some poking around a while back to determine whether or not I would be able to relocate to the home town, and to be a bit more exact, the highest salary I was offered was 40% lower than my current salary. WNY is not known for it's technology industry.
Cost of living is higher in some regards, rent, houses, etc. I'd prefer GA taxes to NYS taxes any day, however.
A lot of this may be negated now that the dot-com bubble has burst, as I'd be willing to bet that the average new hire salary in the Atlanta area is probably 20 - 35% lower than during the late 90's, which is when I did my research.
Ex-WNY'ers as well;-) Man, do I miss the ballet, if it wasn't for the fact that I can make twice as much 1000 miles south, I'd move back in a heartbeat.
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Traffic alone makes me want to move to the likes of Bismark, or possibly Billings. However, if you happen across an employer who is sympathtic (and most of the ones I've come across are), your expected to be in the office between times such as 10AM-7PM, give or take. A few employers that I'm aware of have started taking to telecommuting for Software Developers and the like. Traffic is not an issue then, and the plus side is that you can sleep later in the day ;-)
I have had days, however, where I have spent 2+ hours on a 7 lane freeway, in 95 degree heat.
When it comes down to it, in my opinion, Buffalo is just not a techie town. The economy isn't there, and opportunities for advancment are fairly non-existant (with exceptions, as always).
If you get the chance, take a look at the Atlanta section of computerjobs.com, and then compare it to the Buffalo News computer jobs listing, you'll see my point.
If the chance arose, I'd come back to the land of football, chicken wings, and snowmobies, but until then, this isn't too bad once you get used to the enormous stockpile of confederate flags, trucks, and of course, confederate flags attached to trucks.
Live in Buffalo 'burbs for 20 years, and then move to the deep south. I've started counting down the days until fall, as opposed to counting down the days until the "spring thaw".
Atlanta. I did some poking around a while back to determine whether or not I would be able to relocate to the home town, and to be a bit more exact, the highest salary I was offered was 40% lower than my current salary. WNY is not known for it's technology industry. Cost of living is higher in some regards, rent, houses, etc. I'd prefer GA taxes to NYS taxes any day, however. A lot of this may be negated now that the dot-com bubble has burst, as I'd be willing to bet that the average new hire salary in the Atlanta area is probably 20 - 35% lower than during the late 90's, which is when I did my research.
Ex-WNY'ers as well ;-) Man, do I miss the ballet, if it wasn't for the fact that I can make twice as much 1000 miles south, I'd move back in a heartbeat.