Moving to the mountains
Nov 6th 2012, 8:39 pm
#76
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Re: Moving to the mountains
wouldn't do it to make money as that would be a massive pain in the arse, but if OP can afford it just for overnight staying. It will get annoying having to maintain it which is why I haven't taken the plunge for the second home.
Some friends are talking about all putting in to rent a bigger place for the winter then timeshare it between ourselves. Every other weekend for family fun, the rest...piss up and nude hot tubbing
Some friends are talking about all putting in to rent a bigger place for the winter then timeshare it between ourselves. Every other weekend for family fun, the rest...piss up and nude hot tubbing
Nov 8th 2012, 4:24 am
#77
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Re: Moving to the mountains
I live in Colorado, really like it. If you don't mind a bit of a drive to the mountains then any of the Front Range towns from Colorado Springs up to Fort Collins would be viable. I'm a die-hard skier, live south of Denver but am happy to drive up I-70 every weekend. Sometimes we'll stay up there, other times just drive up and back each day - it's not too bad. Winter tyres are a must - I need to get ours put on next week. Colorado is a great state, it's generally laid-back and friendly, with plenty going on. I like the climate, get annoyed with the politics and generally just ignore the religion.
I get the impression there's a lot of tech companies along the Front Range. Whether there's many jobs on the go is a different question, can't help with that.
I get the impression there's a lot of tech companies along the Front Range. Whether there's many jobs on the go is a different question, can't help with that.
Nov 12th 2012, 9:02 am
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Re: Moving to the mountains
Cheers for taking the time to reply guys. Not been getting alerts on this thread for a few days, but have just caught up.
Dannyboy - sounds like I'll be picking your brains plenty! What you've been saying matches up with what my wife thinks about the move. I'm sure I'll miss London, it has a way of getting under your skin. I'll happily trade my craft beer in the shadow of St Pauls for a craft beer after a day on the slopes though! She also thinks the reduction in holiday time will be a shock to the system. Maybe see you on the slopes in 2 seasons time!
Dannyboy - sounds like I'll be picking your brains plenty! What you've been saying matches up with what my wife thinks about the move. I'm sure I'll miss London, it has a way of getting under your skin. I'll happily trade my craft beer in the shadow of St Pauls for a craft beer after a day on the slopes though! She also thinks the reduction in holiday time will be a shock to the system. Maybe see you on the slopes in 2 seasons time!
Nov 14th 2012, 1:16 pm
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Re: Moving to the mountains
The wife and I have pretty firmly set our hearts on Colorado now. I’m sure we’ll visit some of the other places mentioned too over the years. We definitely want to ride a volcano over at Mount Hood 
Lots of adventure ahead!
Lots of adventure ahead!
Nov 14th 2012, 4:16 pm
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Re: Moving to the mountains
With a reasonable amount of experience, 5+ years, in the right areas - think line of business applications and supporting architecture - IT in Denver is pretty hot right now. Degree and certs mostly irrelevant. Get your resume into the hands of some recruiters and as long as you have experience and interview well your job search shouldn't take more than a month or two. This all assumes you are local and are willing to show up to an in-person interview with a day or so's notice.
5 years experience with MS servers, Cisco networking or enterprise class block level or cifs storage should generally net you somewhere in the $65k - 75k range. This assumes that your experience is fairly broad and you have personal hands on experience - more than just maintaining something already in place.
Nov 14th 2012, 5:11 pm
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Re: Moving to the mountains
Do you think that depends on your IT specialty? My OH is in the Open Source, Linux, MySQL, DBA areas of IT (I think he used the term LAMP too), and is currently looking for work out in Seattle. We are hoping he might find something that will come with relo assistance since we are in KY. He's seen quite a few jobs listed out there, but one has to wonder if they are real jobs, or listings for recruiters to get people's resumes. And I also fear his lack of a BS will be held against him, even though he has more than 10years experience in the IT field, and quite a few certs.
But the OP is in more of an 'infrastructure' role, and that job is harder to outsource ... however, complicating that assertion is the idea that more and more infrastructure is becoming 'cloud' based. We are considering hosting our exchange server, for example ... but for now, we have a few colo's filled with servers and they need care and attention.
It's not just there. Even in Houston most of the the applicants I get are nowhere near qualified for the advertised position, and the ones that look good on paper (screen?) that I do interview have more often than not lied on their resume. Such a waste of everyone's time.
I would imagine that the salary associated with your junior admin role is a factor in people chickening out and not relocating . . . unless you offer assistance with it?
Appropriate IT Jobs are more scarce the further you get up the seniority ladder, which is my main obstacle in finding something at the IT Director level . . . especially when I'm looking somewhere relatively small in the North West, like Boise.
I would imagine that the salary associated with your junior admin role is a factor in people chickening out and not relocating . . . unless you offer assistance with it?
Appropriate IT Jobs are more scarce the further you get up the seniority ladder, which is my main obstacle in finding something at the IT Director level . . . especially when I'm looking somewhere relatively small in the North West, like Boise.
I hear many good things about Park City! Not sure how much 'tech' there is there, though.
Nov 14th 2012, 6:00 pm
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Re: Moving to the mountains
Not much tech in PC that I know of - Lehi (25 mins south of SLC) has an Adobe office with about 900 employees, and there are a scattering of tech firms around the SLC area. I don't know whether someone like Intermountain Health Care (as UT's biggest employer) would have suitable jobs from that side.
