[xtrmnop]

Hello,

This will be my first post on City-Data and I tried searching for this topic on this forum but didn't have any luck. So me and my wife are planning to move to LV in the next two months and just started to look for jobs now. I know two months is not a lot of time but we've just recently decided to move on to LV instead of staying in San Diego. I'm just wondering what kind of IT jobs are out there in LV. I have about 8 years experience in IT. Six years in Tech Support and two years in Quality Assurance (Software). I know I won't get paid as much in California but the cost of living is alot cheaper than here. Especially the rent. So any insight would be much appreciated.

[tortoise]

Originally Posted by xtrmnop

I tried searching for this topic on this forum but didn't have any luck

How can an IT professional NOT find previous forum discussions on this topic . . example.

[swagger]

You'll find that you won't have much (if any luck) until you're actually living here, and you have a local address and phone number.

Whatever you do, don't move unless you have (at MINIMUM) enough money for six months of living expenses saved up. The job market still sucks, regardless of what industry you're in, and it could easily take you that long to find work.

<rant>
Better yet, stay in California until the economy recovers. The LAST thing Nevada needs is MORE people looking for work. Leave the Nevada jobs for people that actually live here, until there aren't enough people to fill those positions.

Sorry. Pet peeve. If you had been headhunted by a local company and already had something lined up, or if you were moving your business and would be providing jobs, it would be different, but you want to come here and essentially take an opportunity away from someone that was here long before you were. Not cool. I realize that from afar, Nevada unemployment is just a number you see from time to time in a news article, but to a lot of people here, it's much more personal than that.
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[xtrmnop]

Originally Posted by tortoise

How can an IT professional NOT find previous forum discussions on this topic . . example.

Oh wow thanks. I didn't come to think to search for Data Center as a keyword since I was looking for the word IT and jobs. And oh it's almost a year ago. I don't trust anything that's older than 6 months. This is why I was so hesitant to post something because of people like you.

[dynimagelv]

WRONG answer.....

People like the turtle guy are the onse that know whats happening,,,,,even if they ARE a little Crusty....

[C_A_Braun]

Originally Posted by tortoise

How can an IT professional NOT find previous forum discussions on this topic . . example.

Jobs working for Switch are not all that IT related though. Well running cable or NOC support perhaps but that is some pretty mundane IT work.

The IT jobs people are doing in Switch are being done by the companies that are leasing the space in Switch. Even then the vast majority of the work is rack, stack, cable and configure and then you are outta there and supporting whatever you have built remotely from where ever your actual desk is.

You want to find an IT job here or anywhere else for that matter, set up a google voice account with a 702 number that forwards to your cell phone. Find a local address that you can put on your resume. Set up a search on indeed for keywords that interest you in IT (e-mail, windows, linux, cloud) and start sending out your resume.

I have submitted my resume for 3 IT jobs in town. Two in May of last year and one in Oct of last year. I got interviews on all of them and got offers on all of them. As far as I know, last I checked, the position I left last month to take the job I interviewed for in Oct, is still unfilled and being advertised. I even posted on this or a similar forum about it. If you are skilled in Windows, Storage and Virtualization and don't mind 50% or more global travel, let me know and I may be able to put in a word for you.

[NLVgal]

What type of IT? That's a broad category, my friend. Desktop support, hardware, networking, healthcare IT, programming, etc.

Reminds me of one of my pet peeves about working in an IT department. You are in IT, so you must be an expert on every piece of software ever written and every piece of hardware that ever hit an environment.

People used to drive me nuts when they would call me about someone else's website being down. Sorry, but they didn't give me Goddess of The Internet status. I can't fix other people's websites.

The employers here in LV lament the lack of qualified IT professionals and the IT professionals lament the lack of jobs. I think we have a recruiting / HR problem.

[xtrmnop]

So I talked with my manager and it seems I might be able to work from home. This definitely put a lot less stress on my shoulders. I'm hoping I'll make almost the same now here in San Diego than in Las Vegas. I'm sure I'll probably drop a few dollars an hour but I would be paying a lot less for rent in Vegas. Hope it will work out and really looking forward to my move.