From Texas to New Hampshire

[R S]

I wouldn't mind working for a small/medium size business.  I've been working for large corporations for a while: AMD, Dell, International Sematech, Spansion.  It would be a nice change.  Although, as I found when I moved here, I'll probably end up taking a position based out of a few basic preferences - pay, location, and job type, rather than meeting specific criteria.  That makes sense though, since I would be migrating to the area.  A small price to pay for migrating to the area of choice.

I'm one of those people who got into a company at the right time/right place after high school and became a Linux admin.  If the opportunity in Lansing had not presented itself, I would not be where I am today without a degree (most likely).  I do plan on getting a degree at some point, which is another reason I was looking in the area.  There are quite a few colleges/universities in the area from what I understand (Mass included).

-- Ross

Jim Kuzdrall <gnhlug at intrel.com> wrote: Greetings Ross,

On Sunday 17 December 2006 06:05 am, R S wrote:
> Hello, my name is Ross and I come to you from Austin, Texas...  I'm
> originally from Michigan, although now in  Austin, Texas.

    My present upon my graduation from a Michigan high school was a 
one-way ticket to an expensive college in Massachusetts.  Although I 
dearly loved my home in the Upper Peninsula, the college was so 
expensive that I never could afford the ticket back!

> ...  What do you feel is the best area
> overall for IT employment in NH?  Secondly, where do you recommend a
> person move in NH who is looking for a modest cost of living?

    I moved to NH after graduation in 1963, primarily for the dynamic 
technical environment at the time and the low taxes.  I started my own 
one-man company here in 1970 and have been in Nashua since 1975.  My 
work brings me all over the country (including Ft. Hood and San Antonio 
near you), but I never have been tempted to move.

    One thing to add to the other comments is the large number of small 
(10 to 40) specialty companies in Southern NH and Northern MA.   It is 
not an area dominated by a few large employers.  There are small 
companies in medical devices, optics, publishing, electronic 
instrumentation, software, semiconductors, assembly services, robotics, 
MEMS, printing, etc., - everything except heavy manufacturing.  All of 
these enterprises use IT help, of course.

    The state of NH likes small businesses and has many programs to 
nurture them.  So, if a business of your own has been a option 
(somewhere in the foggy future), NH is a good place.

    Incidently, this has been a rapidly growing area for decades, so 
there are very few "native" New Hampshirites here.  You will not be 
considered an outsider.

Jim Kuzdrall
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