IT Jobs (Albuquerque, Los Alamos, Alamo: house, calculated, maintenance)

[angielee001]

My husband and I are looking into possibly moving to NM from the Washington DC area. My line of work is in IT. I was wondering what the IT job availability was like out there. Thanks!

[abqsunport]

Albuquerque is a very high tech city. Your possibilities range from Sandia or Los Alamos Labs, Intel, HP, Northrup Grumman, GE, Schott Global, Honeywell, TempurPedic, Eclipse Aviation if it rebounds, etc.

[Mike Horrell]

Originally Posted by angielee001

My husband and I are looking into possibly moving to NM from the Washington DC area. My line of work is in IT. I was wondering what the IT job availability was like out there. Thanks!

What sort of IT? That's a really too broad a description to be meaningful.

Web designer? LAN administrator? Data entry clerk? CAD/CAM? Mainframe maintenance programming?

All of those and far, far more are "IT" jobs.

FWIW, I spent almost 25 years in "IT" jobs ranging from programmer trainee to senior business analyst / project manager
managing all the technical aspects of a 2 billion dollar telecom acquisition.

I'm not trying to be overly harsh, but before anyone here can help they need a better idea of what you
are looking for.

[angielee001]

Originally Posted by Mike Horrell

What sort of IT? That's a really too broad a description to be meaningful.

Web designer? LAN administrator? Data entry clerk? CAD/CAM? Mainframe maintenance programming?

All of those and far, far more are "IT" jobs.

FWIW, I spent almost 25 years in "IT" jobs ranging from programmer trainee to senior business analyst / project manager
managing all the technical aspects of a 2 billion dollar telecom acquisition.

I'm not trying to be overly harsh, but before anyone here can help they need a better idea of what you
are looking for.

Sorry, I was typing this post as I was walking out the door to catch my bus home. That's life in the DC area...can't even drive into work anymore But as for IT jobs, I would be looking for a Network Admin position. I will be coming out there with a degree in Computer Networking and Microsoft certifications. What pay range can one expect?

[angielee001]

Also, to throw in another question, what is the commute like in the surrounding areas? I only live 20 miles from Washington DC but if I drive in, I would have to leave my house by 6:00 to be at work by 8:00 and that's if there aren't any accidents on the highway.

[veggggies]

I sent you a PM. We're from Northern VA!

[rybert]

2 Hour commute? What quality of life is that?

[angielee001]

Originally Posted by rybert

2 Hour commute? What quality of life is that?

It's awful. Right now I take the bus to work which takes an hour each but it's better than driving. I was actually working 6:00-2:30 to catch the HOV lanes into DC but getting up at 4:30 every morning is really rough. My husband and I work in the same office and we calculated yesterday that it costs us around $5000 per year to take the bus to work. I was about sick.

[berncohomes]

Originally Posted by angielee001

My husband and I are looking into possibly moving to NM from the Washington DC area. My line of work is in IT. I was wondering what the IT job availability was like out there. Thanks!

Don't forget UNM

Sorry I was trying to quote abqsunport

[berncohomes]

My wife and I moved here 3 1/2 years ago from New Jersey, she is a Programmer Analyst and she found her job at UNM before we moved. Bookmark UNM's website, I know they are on a hiring freeze at the moment but that won't last forever.