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[QUOTE=zzebie;397868]Pardon my ignorance but is Santa Barbara considered to be a part of Silicon Valley?[/QUOTE] Silicon Valley is considered to be in Northern California whereas Santa Barbara is closer to Los Angeles (about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, which is considered to be in Southern ...

[QUOTE=GutsyGibbon;397837]Santa Barbara my dream city. North of LA - easy access to Channel islands, very beautiful Great schools, and a good univ. Decent size indian communities working in biotech - Camarillo, Thousand Oaks areas of north LA Huge well seasoned indian community in LA, giant Malibu ...

[QUOTE=Old-Spice2;397292]Most of the rankings by US media is useless for typical Desi family. For many of us access to rasam, Indian groceries and Bollywood DVD rental is more important than museum, theater or golf course.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=rajram123;397304]Bollywood DVD is not important these days as ...

[QUOTE=NELLAIKUMAR;397150]CNBC has recently published the rankings of the states based on many factors including quality of life, cost of living etc.. Check this out. [URL]http://www.cnbc.com/id/41666602/[/URL][/QUOTE] The rankings mentioned in the link is in regards to the states to do business ...

If you have the choice to choose a place to settle down in US In regards to the following metrics in that order a. Warmer tolerable weather year round b. Cost of living/cost of home or rentals c. Sr level career opportunities (IT/Corporate/R&D) d. Affordable quality education for kids through public ...

Please advice on Houston... in regards to career opportunities, cost of living, weather, scenic beauties, kids education - raising a family etc., How one can compare Houston with Dallas/Jax/Atlanta... Looks like it has lot of Fortune 500 companies and house prices are cheap similar to Dallas/Atlanta ...

[QUOTE=stup123;384882]Yes..yes :)[/QUOTE]

Is this for real or is it sarcastic :)

[QUOTE=Janu2010;385713]Is this a contract position or FTE?[/QUOTE]

FTE position

Found a Director level job in another company with about 40% hike and hence planning to take up the offer

Did attend interviews for Sr position with $200K+ CTC in a couple of other companies but could not clinch the offer.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

[QUOTE=stup123;381939]If Bay area is in the mix,what is the reason that you have JAX and Houston also in your radar?[/QUOTE]

Not sure... what you mean... Do you mean Bay area wins hands down compared to Jax or Houston