US-NY-Long Island - Designer Drafter SolidWorks 40-60K

Direct hire-Full time, Permanent.
Immediate opening.

Must have SolidWorks experience.

Please email resume in Word format to:
mc @ n a t i o n w i d e j o b s dot c o m

 

Look before you leap at $60,000. This person had this to say about
Long Island:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-york/4654-moving-long-island.html
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Most are moving away. Taxes, insurance & home prices are outrageously
high. You need to make close to $200,000 a year to survive & to
qualify to buy a home.

Great Neck or the North Shore (north or LIE) is really the best.
Everything else is trashy.

You won't find a decent starter home for less than $500,000.

Annual taxes are 1.25% - 1.5% of purchase ..

Everything centers around the mall and the consumerist attitude more
so than in the rest of the country.

kids in their 30's live at home until they inherit their parents house
so they can shop for designer clothes & drive BMW's while living rent
free.

 

As someone who is living there (here) working as the above, let me
give you a first hand account to the above....

You need to make close to $200,000 a year to survive & to

TRUE & FALSE - I'd say that it's hard or impossible to get started now
with a house unless you have someone that can help (spouse as 2nd
income or such). And yes, there are spoiled kids that meet the above
statement, but generally,it's not like that. I'm in my 30's as well
as many of my friends, and I don't know anyone who fits that bill, but
you do see them around...You wonder why is that 18 year old driving a
Hummer? How the hell can he afford that??!?

Now for my own take: While the above looks like I'm defending Long
Island, as I have lived here my whole life, I'm not really - I am
probably one of those that will be leaving within the next 5-10
years. Why, because if you can make it here and hang in for about 10
years after buying a home, you can sell and go almost anywhere to have
a much easier life. It is much harder to come here from somewhere
than the other way around just because of the cost of living. We've
figured that if we sell our house now and move to say, NC, one of us
wouldn't have to work and we could buy a house outright, or get
practically a mansion for what we pay now in mortgage. That said, if
your young - starting out in a career and want to tough it out for a
few years, like access to a great Metro area and great beaches, don't
mind traffic too bad - give it a shot - It could be your foot up. But
I wouldn't recommed it to someone in their later years in their
careers unless the offer was exceptional.

Hope this helps anyone...If anyone has any particular questions about
the area, let me know and I'll be glad to try and answer them for
you...

Scott