# Tips for finding work in Florida needed! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-finding-work-in-florida-needed/110265 "2002-05-22T06:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-finding-work-in-florida-needed/110265/1 "2002-05-22T06:49:26Z")
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? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sinyster1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sinyster1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinyster1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-finding-work-in-florida-needed/110265/2 "2002-05-22T06:57:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-finding-work-in-florida-needed/110265/3 "2002-05-22T12:36:31Z")
[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. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-finding-work-in-florida-needed/110265/4 "2002-05-22T14:32:28Z")
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] ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-finding-work-in-florida-needed/110265/5 "2002-05-22T14:40:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > **And while rents are lower in FL, my expectation would be that salaries are, too.** 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…