Good to see Austin continue to attract well-known companies…
The most recent one is Cray Inc.:
“Austin has a very strong high-tech community in both hardware and software and provides a deep pool of technology and engineering talent,” said Peg Williams, senior vice president of research and development at Cray. “We look forward to becoming part of the community and, at the same time, advancing Cray’s leading-edge technological strength and innovation in HPC.”
Also Google:
“Austin offers an incredible lifestyle merging Texas and technology and a rich and diverse talent pool,” spokeswoman Sunny Gettinger said in a statement. “People interested in applying should check out our listings.”
As well as PayPal:
“Austin is well-known for its strong pool of well-educated, talented professionals with the right level of expertise in technology and ecommerce,” said PayPal vice president of core technologies, Matthew Mengerink. “The area’s reputation as a great place to live and work makes it an ideal location for our center.”
And not that well-known yet, but an awesome place to work, eZee inc.:
“Austin is a great place to start your technology company; a great town to live and raise a family, it is beautiful with great outdoors, great cost-of-living, great university and schools, people are friendly, strong pool of technologist, oh and great music and food,” said eZee inc. CTO and co-founder C. Enrique Ortiz.
Heh, I just made up the above quote, but I’m not kidding, it is true. See Texas is the best place ($) for software developers. ;-)
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