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Software Engineer working remote, would probably never consider working for a local company due to the abysmal wages. Jack Henry is a good bet if you’re .NET and looking local.

I like the efactory best. It’s reasonably priced ($200/month for dedicated desk), spacious, and they have a lot of benefits for small businesses, if you are interested in starting your own or just networking with small business owners. The local tech groups mostly meet there, so it would also be easier to go to those if that’s something you’re interested in. The efactory is part of MSU and they are really trying to build up the tech community here.

There’s a few CAST coworking spaces around the south side, but when I inquired about their desks last year it was like $450/month for a dedicated desk. They do seem really nice, but I just couldn’t justify that cost. I don’t have experience with any others, though I think there are some smaller ones around.

Any tips on which co-working spaces are the best?

You would receive better comments on r/csmajors, r/cscareers, etc.

Springfield actually has a lot going on as far as things to do go, and if you are willing to travel an hour or two, there are a TON of things to do around here. There is a huge contingency of our subreddit that thinks "things to do" consist entirely of eating at restaurants and going to shows, and if that's your bag, then you're going to be disappointed in the number and quality of our live shows.

However, if you like to actually DO things, here's a few I can think of right off the top of my head:

1. We have three really strong mountain biking areas right outside of town. Sac River (old school trails, not much flow, and lots of rocks and roots), Two Rivers (newer flow-style trails as well as some classic xc and tech downhill), and Fellows Lake (even newer, mostly flow/xc, but really nice) and I guess you could say Howler is nearby as well, in Forsyth, and it's very techy and has some unusually large jumps. There is a strong gravel bike scene around here too. On weekends I often drive the 1 hour and 50 minutes to Bentonville, and their insane mountain bike trail network.

2. Stockton Lake has some of the best inland sailing in the United States. You can get a cheap sailboat and have a blast there. I sailed for years on Stockton, and it's a lot of cheap fun. The water is clean (it's where we get our drinking water) and clear, and there's no development on the lake, and there's very few billboards on the way there. Very nice.

3. We live within a few hours of some of the very best class I and II canoeing rivers in the whole country. I've canoed all over, and I will put our rivers up against any of them.

4. We have a public indoor skatepark with an outdoor section as well. It's a nice facility, but it does cost $7 to go, but that helps keep the scooter kids away. Not many cities in America have indoor skateparks where you can skate when it's freezing outside. It's a very inviting scene as well, when some skateparks can have a locals-only vibe.

5. We have a pretty cool stock-car race track out by the airport, and it's a lot of fun. In fact, you can get into stock car racing for way less than you would expect, and for not much more than getting into mountain bike racing.

6. We've got a bunch of places to play pinball, and there's quite a few people locally who restore pinball machines. It's a fun hobby, and there are tournaments.

7. There's a big steam and vintage tractor show every year called Steam-O-Rama, and honestly it's the greatest thing. They have grade-school children driving 20 ton steam tractors through crowds, and corn dogs and home-made ice cream. Maybe the best weekend of the year?

That's just what I could think of at the moment, there's a ton more. My schedule is usually so full of fun stuff to do that it's hard to fit it all in. I know a lot of people who are into woodworking, and welding, and vintage car restoration. There's a lot going on, but you kind of have to get out there and go for it. Nobody is going to spoon-feed you entertainment around here like they might in a larger town.

at least you can admit you agree, unlike a few others on this thread.

I hate that I agree with him on something

CLARKSON!!

A lot of negativity in this subreddit. I have been here most of my life, it is a lot slower pace than st Louis but I love it.

I'm going to share a little secret with you. I am VERY familiar with The Constitution and the standing laws on this matter. I was doing this whole thing where Hawley was being a disingenious troll, so I did some light trolling back. I didnt think this kind of thread needed a discussion on the nuance of treason laws. Then you showed up and went all "ACKCHYUALLY" on us.

My wife is out of town so I'm home with my two kids with nothing but time to respond to your righteous indignation with more flippant bullshit. You seem like you're super upset about this and it makes me wonder what kind of life you have to have for something so miniscule to matter so much to you?
Man, I wish I had your problems.

I got an alignment and new tires from them. Within 2 months, the front tires had to be replaced due to the awful alignment job.

I've had good experiences with Aasby though I've only used them a few times.

I would absolutely avoid Bohannon.

Those are the only two garages I have used in town.

I'm feeling fine. Yesterday was actually a good day.

The problem is the circlejerk of ignorance and sometimes subreddits go full in and ask for seconds.

Your quip has a complete lack of even basic knowledge of the subject. Jan 6th was over a year ago and you've never once actually looked at federal insurrection law. It's literally a google search.

If you're going to name an insurrection law after someone wouldn't it make even a little bit of sense to actually look at insurrection law?

Oh, and I don't drink.

Add a no running in the hallways addendum.

What's wrong with asking here?

Allowing the congress person to personally do the inside trading vs forcing the to recruit their family does add some friction to the corruption.

I work for an SGF Co that offers hybrid and remote and needs developers, good work life balance and pays well imo. DM if interested.

Yes. Significantly more. 25-35% more.

if the restriction has loopholes written into the law by the peopleset to benefit from the loophole is it really a restriction?

if the law is in place but has no teeth, is it worth the paper its written on?

congressional corruption is bigger than their abilities to trade stocks. so the solution needs to be bigger than that.

and again this bill is performative bs, everyone sees it, he is clearly trolling, its going nowhere so why even take it seriously?

thems the breaks

edit:

have your senator daddy get you into a nice school instead, or hook you up with a job from a banker buddy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zc6JqfafRFc

it should be pretty self explanatory? Like a job you make a survivable and sustainable career out of.

For the love of god, do not ask here.

Also, Springfield has a very low CoL compared to Austin or St. Louis. I'm currently interning as a SWE so I can't say too much about the field, but Springfield is a very good place to be in for remote SWE work

I understand the issue you getting at, but I also see the other perspective. For example, if my dad became a senator I'd def feel a little strange that I now was barred from interacting with the stock market.

That's fine, because "pub" is needed to get Congress to vote against their unethical self interests. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.