James Wickett and I presented this at Devopsdays Austin 2014 about keeping your talent local.

1. AUSTIN,
WE NEED YOUR
HELP

2. THERE IS A WAR
GOING ON

3. Not Austin Recruiter Company outside Austin
TALENT WAR

4. WHERE TO MOVE DASHBOARD
COOL Seriously UN COOL
Central Austin
North Austin
South Austin
East Austin
West Austin
Downtown Austin
Round Rock
Pflugerville
Cedar Park
Georgetown
Dripping Springs
Buda
Lakeway
!
Anything not in
Map View
For visual
learners
COOL
list on the right hand side

5. A FEW REASONS TO
KEEP DEVOPS WEIRD

6. AUSTIN IS #1 - TOP 30
BEST CITIES FOR YOUNG
ENTREPRENEURS IN 2013
http://under30ceo.com/top-30-best-cities-for-young-entrepreneurs-2013/

7. YOU CAN OWN A HOUSE
IN YOUR LIFETIME

8. IF YOU LEAVE, YOU WILL
FORLORNLY LISTEN TO THAT
BOWLING FOR SOUP SONG,
“COME BACK TO TEXAS”

9. LIVE MUSIC IS
LITERALLY IN YOUR
EARS RIGHT NOW.

10. “THE BEST
PLACE TO LIVE
DEPENDS ON
WHO YOU ARE
AND WHAT
YOU LIKE”

13. #keepdevopsweird

14. WE HAVE TO
FIGHT

15. #keepdevopsweird
WE HAVE THE PEOPLE
Developers Operations
Front End
Security
Product
Manager
Test and
QA
NEED TO GET THEM
CLOSER TOGETHER

16. WHAT CAN YOU
DO?

17. AUSTIN DEVOPS MEETUPS
!
CLOUDAUST.IN
DEVOPS MEETUP
AGILE AUSTIN DEVOPS SIG

18. BUDDY SYSTEM
#keepdevopsweird

19. Coffee Shops Co Working Spaces Happy Hours
Houndsooth
Cafe Medici
Halcyon
Starco
Cenote
Jo’s
Hideout
Epoch
Monkey Nest
Cherrywood
Capital Factory
TechRanch
Conjuctured
GoLab
Link
Perch
Vuka
Chicon Collective
#keepdevopsweird
Austin Tech HH
Big Ass Social HH
Capital Factory HH
Door 64 HH
Ask @dabrownkid84

20. LET’S NOT
LOSE THIS WAR
More via @damon: http://www.slideshare.net/DamonClinkscales/intro-to-the-austin-startup-scene-30603601