Re: [nlug] Nashville relocation questions

[andrew mcelroy]

nashville is ITville. 

http://www.businessinsider.com/nashville-is-americas-new-boomtown-2013-5

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/05/07/new-boomtown-city-nashville/

cal.nashvl.org

that should be a nice quota of nashville propaganda for now.

welcome to nashville.

Andrew McElroy

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Brian Dunbar <brian....@gmail.com> wrote:

I am considering a move to Nashville.  From family I have an 'ok' understanding of the area, but no idea about the job market.

I've been in IT since 1990, am buzzword compliant.  Since 2001 I've been with a mid-size manufacturing concern, mostly a unix system administrator, with a bit of windows around the edges.

So .. what's up with Nashville?  Any tips, hints, insights, or etc?

Thanks, and apologies in advance if this rubs anyone the wrong way.

Brian Dunbar

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[Howard White]

On 05/10/2013 01:33 PM, Brian Dunbar wrote:
> I am considering a move to Nashville. From family I have an 'ok'
> understanding of the area, but no idea about the job market.
>
> I've been in IT since 1990, am buzzword compliant. Since 2001 I've been
> with a mid-size manufacturing concern, mostly a unix system
> administrator, with a bit of windows around the edges.
>
> So .. what's up with Nashville? Any tips, hints, insights, or etc?
>
> Thanks, and apologies in advance if this rubs anyone the wrong way.
>
> Brian Dunbar
>

If you are in town May 14, our meeting topic is about job hunting and
getting past the employment gate keeper. Our buddy Cynthia Langseth of
Alltech Inc. is leading the discussion. Bring your resume and we'll
link you up :)

Seriously, Cynthia has some openings so you'll want to make the
connection either way.

Howard

[Jack Coats]

Most Tech jobs are either in Nashville proper or down south via the
I65 corridor Franklin area seems to be currently tech popular.
Living further from there typically means you will have additional
commute distance.

I don't live near there, so jobs without an hours commute are hard to find.
><> ... Jack
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[Blake Dunlap]

Franklin is a wonderful little bubble. Love the 5 min commute, but the picket fences are a bit much. Some planner somewhere needs to stop watching leave it to Beaver

-Blake

[Alex Smith (K4RNT)]

I used to live in Nashville, and while Franklin is nice, Brentwood is the place to be if you're rich and want a McMansion (what my dad calls those things... lol)

I prefer the atmosphere of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, but that's just me... :]

Hope you enjoy that fine city! Also check out the annual PhreakNIC conference every October, and Nashville 2600.

" ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead"
- Alex Smith (K4RNT)
- Dulles Technology Corridor (Chantilly/Ashburn/Dulles), Virginia USA

[John F. Eldredge]

Phreaknic is normally in late October or early November, but this year it will be Sept. 20 - 22. It will be at the same Murfreesboro hotel as it was last year.

John F. Eldredge -- jo...@jfeldredge.com
"Reserve your right to think, for it is better to think wrongly than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

[Jack Coats]

Brian, ...

Our regular meeting is on the Second Tuesday of each month. All
meetings are open, and you are welcome to attend.

Most often afterwards we go for a pizza and a beverage at a local
establishment a mile or so away, everyone is welcome there as we solve
all the worlds issues. :)

We look forward to meeting you face to face.

... Jack

[John F. Eldredge]

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month, so the June meeting will be on June 11, 2013.

Brian Dunbar <brian....@gmail.com> wrote:

I will make that connection, thanks.

However, I won't be in town May 14.  I will be there, visting family, the first week or so of June, however.

~brian 

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"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

[Toth, Csaba]

Nashville area and Tennessee is a super place to live!
Besides NLUG check out other user groups if you happen to be a developer. The user group scene in Nashville totally reflects the boom cited in the articles. You can select from Java, .NET, PHP, Ruby, Functional Programming Agile development user groups for example to name some of them.

Maybe this is still not off topic:
Besides that Tennessee is a beautiful place, 50+ state parks. When I lived there I managed to visit 25+ of the, all of them marvellous. Great Smoky Mountains is close too. Surrounding states are in drive distances, worth to visit and easy to drive to (example: GA, AL, NC, KY, etc., you drive down straight south 8 hours and you can enjoy Florida ocean whit crystal white sand (Destin Beach area) for cheap prices (compared to Miami or other up-scale popular destinations)). The food in Nashville is also world class, you can find any kind of cousine in any price range.
Basically you have everything you need.

Csaba
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Subject: Re: [nlug] Nashville relocation questions

Brian, ...

... Jack

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[Perkins, Jerry]

On 05/11/2013 05:22 PM, Toth, Csaba wrote:

Nashville area and Tennessee is a super place to live!
  

    Here are a few photos that I have shot in and on short trips:

    Nashville & East Kentucky
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=29

    State Park, about 2 1/2 hours
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=18

    Eastern & Western Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee, all about 4 -  5 hour drive.
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=149

    Natchez Trace, starts in Nashville, all shot withing 1 hour drive
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=17

    Spring in Nashville
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=146

    Panama City Beach, 8 hours South
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=140

    Smoky Mountains & North Georgia
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=105

    Smoky Mountains
           http://jperkins.net/c/thumbnails.php?album=138

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    Jerry Perkins

          Home page   http://jperkins.us