When you become un-bored, please post more on what you find out.
I have always thought San Diego is the toughest market in California – not enough good jobs translate to so many difficulties including growing the city with a strategy worthy of it’s size, rather than the willy-nilly develop and develop at any cost, without giving real consideration to the impact on our freeways, beaches, open space, and schools. (Does anyone really think it’s reasonable that the traffic should be so bad here? When will the city planners actually promote business building in North County so the impact on i-5 south is reduced?)
I remember trying to get a marketing job here a few years ago, but because there are so few companies headquartered here, I gave up. I think the biggest 3 employers at the time were Qualcomm, UCSD, and SAIC – none of which were a real match for me.
I too would love to know how a city can keep giving out permits to build fancy high-rise condos downtown, sprawling McMansions in North County, and yet focus on the hospitality and leisure industries as our ‘growth’ areas. Even the middle managers of these industries can’t afford a median-priced home.
We do have bio-tech, but I’m unclear how much these R&D companies actually impact our local economy. Some of my friends employed by those labs have second jobs, to afford living here.
It seems like my friends who are successful (rich) are all in business for themselves, with landscaping or roofing contractor-type companies they own. Or they work for Qualcomm.