DJ-of-E

And here I am trying to move "away" from California.

Really study California's prospects. Some industries, like Nursing, are stupidly high in demand and will make the transision worth it. Retail is pretty low-balling, so be selective which industry that are hot, like cell phone shops.

I got tired from being low-balled on contract and salary jobs for IT service and programming the past 5 years and decided to jump ship to Northwest where programmers are more in demand.

Plus, California is very expensive to live and expensive to own home (unless you want to live in a really ghetto neighborhood).

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