japmn wrote:

chet wrote:Oh crap, now you guys have me second-guessing myself.

Is it really that hard to get a job there?

I don't have a place there yet, but will I get stuck if I get an apartment and don't have a job yet? I didn't think it was THAT hard to get a job there.

I guess I just have to hustle.

I'll put it this way, Everyone I have ever known in Austin has had to work at Thunder Cloud sandwich shop at least once. Sound jobs are next to impossible because everyones friends are grandfathered into the jobs. The UT students never leave. They just keep coming. I lived there when in my early/mid twenties. Now that I'm 30 I think my patience for Austin has worn thin.

I had a great time BTW.

Fuck, no wonder the service at Thunder Cloud was always bitter. Most people I knew like that either got sexually harrassed at Texadelphia, got tipped in pot more than actual money delivering pizzas for Conan's or got laid off from actual desk jobs.

chet wrote:I don't have a place there yet, but will I get stuck if I get an apartment and don't have a job yet?

How are you planning on finding an apartment? Property management companies or landlords will want verifiable income before letting you sign a lease.

Since Austin is a university town, I'd suggest looking for an informal summer sub-lease (they're a lot of those) from someone who's out of town for the summer. And then you can scrounge around for a regular gig and digs.

There are a lot of listings on facebook -> marketplace -> housing.

ill vouch for the job aspect. several of my UT-degreed friends have spent the last couple of years: hoping from film job to film job with $8/hr temp work in between, working in coffee shops, working in retail for years before getting management positions, and peddy-cabbing. granted, they all had radio-tv-film or sociology degrees, but still. these people are just now (2-3 years later) able to settle down into routine, stable jobs.

Bonham lives! wrote:ill vouch for the job aspect. several of my UT-degreed friends have spent the last couple of years: hoping from film job to film job with $8/hr temp work in between, working in coffee shops, working in retail for years before getting management positions, and peddy-cabbing. granted, they all had radio-tv-film or sociology degrees, but still. these people are just now (2-3 years later) able to settle down into routine, stable jobs.

That's the problem with Austin: it's a small-to-mid-sized city in which everyone in the country wants to live. And no one wants to leave.

Alright, this sounds good.

I'm only 22; I still have a lot of life to live, and I think I can live a meager existence for a while and enjoy being young for now.

My dad suggested the summer sublet idea too. This might be a good option. If it really sucks after a few months I can always leave.

Thanks guys! I will let you know how it works out.

I eek out a pretty meager living here working at group home for people with brain injuries. It's a pretty easy job to get and i can give you tips for your resume and the interview.
The downside is that is about 30 miles outside of town.
If you drive and you might be interested sned me a PM.
Good luck. I'm sure you're gonna love Austin, I do.

i keep misreading this thread as: Moving to Austria: help!

jimmy spako wrote:i keep misreading this thread as: Moving to Austria: help!

we let our daughters out of the house here, thank you very much.

FuzzBob wrote:

connor wrote:

Omar Bagh Dad-A wrote:The coast isn't too far away if you ever feel like surfing.

I have seen only a handful of surfing-attempts in the Gulf Coast. All were pretty pathetic.

Oh; I forgot to mention that Corpus Christi is a shithole. Forget the kind of pristine natural white sand beaches you see on Florida's Gulf Coast. Corpus' sand is trucked in, gritty, gooey, and looks like it's been stained by bunker C fuel more than once. (A shipping port is nearby.)

Corpus is a shithole. I've done some fun surfing in Port Aransas, and Matagorda which is maybe literally a shithole. The breaks are nice and long and you don't have to compete with a ton of people because there are a lot of good spots in Port A. It's not perfect, but it's better than nothing. It can be really fun in hurricaine season.

Omar Bagh Dad-A wrote:San Antonio is actually a very cool sleepy town that is kinda like what Austin used to be.

FuzzBob wrote:The only cool thing about San Antonio is the Hispanic community. Otherwise, it's Breauxville. Even the Riverwalk sucks-- there are creeks that size in Pennsylvania.

The riverwalk sucks but there is much much more to that city. There are a lot of historic buildings, neighborhoods, the mercado, quality museums and the amazing mexican food. Also... very good thrift shopping.

Houston has probably one of the best art scenes in the country as well, even though I would never want to live there.

Move to Austin, it's fun! There's nothing like quitting your job and just driving to another town. If this job is in a restaurant and you can fit all your belongings in your car, it is especially easy.

If you have done the big city apartment hunt before, you know to write an interesting paragraph about yourself and copy it in response to every interesting housing listing. I didn't realize at first that finding housing in Austin requires a boom-and-bust approach. I'm moving to the East side when I get back in June, which is relatively poorly represented on Craigslist. There are a lot of cheap South Austin rooms listed, and many nice Hyde Park listings if you have a little more money and like grad students.

Taco Cabana is not good. I don't care what hour it is, I'd rather go to H. E. Butt and buy a canister of oats than eat those overpriced, saucy flour tacos. Tamale House, which will not sell you tamales, is where it's at.

Dudes are indeed prevalent.

I find the traffic reasonable. I saw a heron on a windy beach in Corpus on the way down, and I would go back there. There are good seafood-oriented taquerias along the Gulf Coast.