I just moved from New York to Minneapolis. In my experience, people were extremely wary of "relo's" (relocations), the common concern being that they interview me and then I change my mind. Explaining that I had just bought a house and am most certainly moving did not help. Once I moved, it was easy - I quickly landed interviews with several top companies and had a job within a week.
It depends on where you go though. I do open source and Minneapolis is a market where most companies are still on Microsoft stack so there wasn't as much demand for my skillset. Moving into a larger market such as New York or San Francisco could be completely different.
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I just moved from New York to Minneapolis. In my experience, people were extremely wary of "relo's" (relocations), the common concern being that they interview me and then I change my mind. Explaining that I had just bought a house and am most certainly moving did not help. Once I moved, it was easy - I quickly landed interviews with several top companies and had a job within a week.
It depends on where you go though. I do open source and Minneapolis is a market where most companies are still on Microsoft stack so there wasn't as much demand for my skillset. Moving into a larger market such as New York or San Francisco could be completely different.