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To: combjelly who wrote (875433)7/26/2015 4:20:19 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1584437
 
So it is very third world-like in some respects. The vast majority of jobs are minimum wage to about $10 an hour. There are a sprinkling of semi-professional and professional jobs, typically paying a third to a half of what the equivalent job pays in Houston or Dallas. Heck, even Beaumont.

i-node would love it.

So they are not hiding but simply underemployed. I take it its by choice. Like you, they could leave for Dallas or Houston or Austin but apparently, they want to stay in CS. Is that the explanation?



To: combjelly who wrote (875433)7/26/2015 10:56:48 PM
From: i-node  Respond to of 1584437
 
>> i-node would love it.

I have family there, a former department head and Chancellor Emeritus, Natl Science Board member, a truly great educator, now, unfortunately, retired.

It is a great town, but I certainly haven't seen the "third-world" aspects of the place.

I doubt it is a place look for great opportunities outside of the university, however.


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