Thank you San Antonio (Houston, Allen: assessment, suites, suburbs)

[cordtwo]

I spent a whole week in San Antonio last week and let me start by saying I was highly impressed. Originally I was going to go to Phoenix, but decided at the last minute to go to SA. I stayed at the Embassy Suites on E Houston street and spent a great deal of my time in the Downtown / Riverwalk area. I also spent a great deal of time in the suburbs around Boerne, Schertz and Cibolo. What I noticed about SA is that it offered a small city but yet big city feel. Everyone was was extremely nice and welcoming. So I just wanted to say thank you for an amazing time!

After running around the city for a whole week, I have decided that I would love to relocate there soon. What companies in SA are hiring for IT personnel? What IT consulting firms should I reach out to in the area? Currently I work for a healthcare company in Atlanta as an Information Security Analyst. I also have technical support experience as well so I can be versatile if needed.

Any ideas or help is greatly appreciated!

[unintentionallyfunny]

Tons of IT work here especially in cyber security.

Rackspace is the big guy in San Antonio.

Btw, San Antonio isn't a small city though, 2.4 million people, or were you talking about the suburb cities?

P.s.

Glad you enjoyed your stay!

[cordtwo]

Thank you! I had started looking into Rackspace recently. The suburbs gave me the small city feel, but SA offered the major city feel. It's nice to have a mixture of both.

[rynetwo]

Capital Group

Usaa

The federal government

[huckster]

I am in complete agreement with your one week's assessment of San Antonio's "small town" feel , Cord. The suburbs here are easily accsessible from downtown. I think you might easily call it home.QUOTE=cordtwo;36509568]Thank you! I had started looking into Rackspace recently. The suburbs gave me the small city feel, but SA offered the major city feel. It's nice to have a mixture of both.[/quote]

[Fishingal22]

Booz Allen Hamilton and Accenture come to mind...Glad you enjoyed your stay!!

[davis449]

Btw, San Antonio isn't a small city though, 2.4 million people, or were you talking about the suburb cities?

Yeah it is...LOL! This is the largest "small town" I've ever seen.

[cordtwo]

I really appreciate all of the suggestions. I've already started reaching out to some people in SA, so hopefully I can land something soon. I know it can be difficult getting interviews from another state at times.

[davis449]

Originally Posted by unintentionallyfunny

Yelling doesn't make your incorrect statement in any way correct. Seriously, what is happening to this forum?

I should've put the "" at the end of that. I was referring to my own experience here in SA over the last decade I've been here. The fact that I see the same people, same cars on the way to work almost everyday, and have so many of those "it's a small world, isn't it?" experiences here in a city of 2.2 million people. It's so much like the "city" of 100K I spent most of my time growing up in. I love SA for those very reasons. I feel it's just big enough to have those experiences I sort of enjoyed and just big enough to be a "number" if you really wanted to.

[Labamigo]

I don't know where that 2.4 million people figure comes from. From what I can find on the net the population at most is 1 million below that.