Need your honest advice: Relocate to CA or NY? (New York: job market, taxes) - City-Data Forum

MeloMelo66 · 06-13-2009, 10:20 AM

Hi Everyone,

My husband and I are relocating to the US with permanent visas next year and we are wondering what the job market is like for JAVA developers. We have narrowed down our preferences to CA or NY but we dont know where will be better for us to live. He is a french Java developer with 4 years experience working in international (US) companies. He speaks good english --but a noticeable french accent

While I am a native english speaker with a Masters in Marketing and almost a year's internship experience in a multinational smart card company( I restarted my career and am almost 30 yrs old now, he is 28.)

1. Will he have problems finding work as a JAVA developer being french even though he speaks, reads and interacted/ presented in English in his prior jobs?

2. What is the market like for developers now? Do you think it will turn around in 2010?

3. Where in CA can we find reasonable rent,some mass transit(no car) and where we can both find work?

4. If you were in our shoes, which city would you honestly choose? CA or NY?

Really looking forward to ur answers, thanks alot!!!

CleanCutHippie · 06-14-2009, 12:17 PM

You should post this in the General US section so you get replies from ppl in each place :-)

oberon_1 · 06-14-2009, 03:57 PM

You don't mention where you live today. Anyway, I would consider staying where you are, if possible.

piperspal · 06-14-2009, 06:47 PM

What are your reasons for narrowing your choice to CA and NY? They are the two highest taxed states in the nation; both embroiled in fiscal disaster. Admittedly I don't know beans about JAVA developer career & pay, so maybe the taxes & cost of living won't matter to you. If that is the case, then I'd go with CA. I live in NY now & the taxes are at the top of my list of reasons why I want out. Cold winters are another.

As far as his French accent, I don't think that would matter anywhere.

cheese9988 · 06-16-2009, 03:05 PM

When you think NY, do you think New York City or Upstate NY? They are different in many ways. I am sure alot of Cali is different than Los Angeles.