This year's Spring ACX Meetup everywhere in Austin.
Location: The Brewtorium, 6015 Dillard Cir A, Austin, TX 78752, we'll be inside somewhere, just look for the Austin LessWrong and ACX Meetup signs – https://plus.codes/862487GM+96
Group Link: https://austinlesswrong.com/
You can park on the streets in front of Brewtorium or the Milk Bank lot next door. If it really gets full, use the nearby residential streets. We'll be there until at least 5pm!
Contact: sbarta@gmail.com
I normally post under a different name, which you can find by looking at my posting history, specifically, this thread. I need to keep the search somewhat secret, so I'm adding a trivial barrier to identifying me.
Anyway, I haven't been very good at job searches, and I have spare money, so I figured I'd just outsource the effort (in parallel with my own continuing efforts, of course). In theory, this shouldn't even be difficult, because I'm already employed, very well, in my area of expertise, and have been for over six years, and am only trying to switch because I can't stand my current city. (And a sense that I could be... (read 422 more words →)
Thanks!
You're suggesting people help you find a better job, I think? That sounds good - likely someone here already knows of an opportunity.
Meh, you wouldn't know it from all the people passing up this easy money.
Well, you know how to get programming jobs, which I'm open to.
Only a BS. I started a Master's (hence the GRE), but withdrew before completion, yes, in part, to do productive things ;-)
You know, you could get 50 to 500x that bounty (usable for charity or your own dark purposes) if you just called up a contact looking to work with or hire a gainfully employed programmer/engineer and recommended good ol' Silas, whom you've come to know and love.
Some paths of least resistance being avoided here...
Agree with jsalvatier's reply. Also, I think you could do a referral for 3M positions outside of MN. I probably wouldn't mind MN, if there were a tribe there, except maybe the distance from family. (I actually slightly prefer coldness and sweat easily from heat even when not tired, although maybe that's a thyroid issue I should resolve.)
Ask them how to change employers or get connected with a contracting agency ("job shop" in the lingo here).
Bingo. That's the threat model I was defending against.
Well, i've started a LW meetup for my area ... hoping to draw some more rationalsts out of the woodwork.
I'd definitely be interested in that kind of position, please pass my name along. (er, my real one)
As for pay/benefits, I currently make about 2x the median income for the area (with health coverage), which would be hard to replicate for a big city. I'd want about 1.5x to justify the move. (As another datapoint, I make about 50% of the typical home price, but homes are cheap here.) I have a lot of savings I can draw down so I don't need a steady paycheck -- contract/piecework type employment is fine.