So I want to move to Florida. The rent is less, the weather is warmer, and the gun laws are more sensible. And there is ocean on two coasts, not just one. 
The only thing stopping me is employment. Why is it so danged hard to find a tech job there? Can the market really be as tight as it is in NY/NJ?
Any tips? Any hot leads?
Any dopers who run a company and need a hotshot computer technician? 
I would try to stary my own drug smuggling ring. How hard could it be. The money’s very good, but the consequences suck. Literally.
[Neil Diamond]
Florida’s fine,
the sun shines most all the time,
and the feeling is laid back,
palm trees grow
and rents are low
but I’m thinking of finding my way back
[/Neil Diamond]
There is some tech stuff down there, but a lot less of it than further north, on the whole. Florida’s the theme park and retirement home for the eastern US, and that crowds out other stuff to a certain extent.
And while rents are lower in FL, my expectation would be that salaries are, too.
Do you have a particular city in mind? You might see if its newpaper has its classified ads online. That would give you some idea of how much work there is in your field, and what they pay.
Gas taxes are high, property taxes are high, sales tax is high, insurance is high, auto registration is high… we may not have a state income tax, but they still get it out of us one way or another. I second the suggestion to look on-line for specific cities. I can tell you that Jacksonville is a big insurance town with dreams of going high-tech. If I didn’t already live here, I wouldn’t live here.
[sub]two more years, two more years…[/sub]
Yup. And what FairyChatMom said, too.
There are tech jobs, but probably more people looking for tech jobs than will find them. What exactly is your specialty? PC support? Web design? Some things are easier to find around here than others…