[Novalug] Employee turnover rates

[ethan at 757.org]

> I am content in NoVA, but curious if others on the list may know; are 
there any east coast, south, or midwest ho$
>
>  Mark
>  Alexandria

Well, Norfolk - Virginia Beach - Newport News area... plenty of gov't jobs 
still. Some private jobs, but I don't see many that pay real well. There 
are a few, and a few startup style companies (I'm fortunate to work for 
one).

Cost of living used to be really low, but housing costs have more than 
doubled in a few years. I expect for it to full reverse. A good number of 
people cashed out of other areas to move here, I imagine they will leave 
because the region is somewhat soulless.

Most of the jobs are gov't contractors (the usuals, SAIC, Lockheed, 
General Dynamics, EDS, etc.). The region has a reputation (and cities 
actually marketed the area this way) as having a cheap but skilled 
workforce.

Outside of work, there are a number of user groups. Your more likely to 
hear about how to play a dvd in Linux versus say, enterprise network and 
server management with Hyperic. And I doubt 5% of the people in our local 
UNIX user group knows what a SAN is.

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