A conservative city for programmers?

19    08 May 2016 14:32 by u/patricoles

I know programmers tend to be apathetically apolitical.... But I am looking for a conservative city for programmers. What do?

19 comments

7 u/Arotaes_Forgehammer 08 May 2016 14:38

I find Atlanta is relatively conservative and a good programmer city, weirdly.

4 u/ovix 08 May 2016 15:06

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/2-investigates/atlantas-hiv-epidemic-compared-to-third-world-african-countries/263337845

2 u/Firevine 08 May 2016 16:07

Oddly enough, Peachtree City has a thriving IT market.

1 u/Arotaes_Forgehammer 08 May 2016 16:33

Stay out of South Dekalb and Little Five Points and you'll be fine.

4 u/goatboy 08 May 2016 15:30

Provo, Utah or anywhere in Utah County in Utah. The NSA, Google, Micron, HP, Adobe, Corel, ATK- Thiocal, Westinghouse, and countless second tier companies are hiring like crazy.

6 u/ginx2666 09 May 2016 16:46

Google, Micron, HP, Adobe, Corel, ATK- Thiocal, Westinghouse, and countless second tier companies are hiring like crazy.

Just a heads up to anyone that wants to be hired as phone support guy - make sure you barely speak English, or have a very strong foreign accent that makes you sound unintelligible, because that's apparently what those fucking companies are looking for on that job.

1 u/WhiteRonin 08 May 2016 15:10

How about Nashville? Java is language there I heard though.

1 u/Master_Foo 11 May 2016 02:24

Instead of tucking your tail between your legs, why not stay where you are and stand up for yourself? "My city is progressive" is kind of a cowardly reason for moving.

I mean, fuck, We are talking about whiny-ass progressives and you are out-whiny-assing the progressives.

I'll tell you a secret. I'm a programmer who lives in a conservative area. But I'm not going to tell you where it is because we don't like whiny-assed cowards here. That's what a progressive city is for.

0 u/oooooo 08 May 2016 17:43

Phoenix metropolitan area.

0 u/CujoQuarrel2 09 May 2016 00:14

Huntsville, Al

NASA, Lockheed, Boeing, and a multitude of defense companies

0 u/network_guy 09 May 2016 13:12

Houston, TX

0 u/VenonSnake 16 May 2016 09:40

I ve heard Estonia is a really good country for programmers and technological start ups

0 u/kayjewlers 18 May 2016 06:46

Dallas has Texas Instruments, Cisco, Intel, IBM, and Microsoft

-1 u/TelescopiumHerscheli 09 May 2016 01:22

London is really many cities. If you pick your area correctly (Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea, Kingston, Finchley, Richmond, etc.) you will find yourself surrounded by conservatives, and in a city with a huge number of programming jobs on offer. Whether you want to work in a startup in Old Street or a huge bank at Canary Wharf, or anything in between, the jobs are here if you're prepared to do the work.

Also, we don't have Donald Trump!

8 u/diodine 09 May 2016 02:40

Also, we don't have Donald Trump!

You have Muhammad, Ahmed, and female genital mutilation.

2 u/BrownMoses 09 May 2016 14:10

Also, we don't have Donald Trump!

But we do have no-go zones for non-muslims!

-1 u/SlappyHo 09 May 2016 11:38

Oklahoma isn't a bad place to live. Its extremely conservative, OKC more so than Tulsa. The job market for devs is good as well, just about as good as any other decently sized Midwest city.