Is Relocating to Hawaii Doable . . . - General Tiki

V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Mon, Sep 11, 2006 7:55 PM This thread is too funny - as I have done the exact OPPOSITE of what you are all contemplating. I grew up on Oahu, and by 18 I was ready to get off this tiny island and "see the world"! Went to college in illinois for 4 years, then lived in Santa Monica for about 5 years following my Hollywood Dream. Every time my wife and I would visit my parents back in Hawaii I'd wonder why I ever left. Clean air, beautiful beaches, AMAZING weather. Soon the hectic life of the entertainment industry took too much of a toll on us and we sold almost everything and got out of LA. We knew we wanted to wind up in Hawaii, but we took a detour for a few years in Japan to have a bit of a "life adventure" that we meant to try after college but had put off to start our careers. Moved back to Oahu in 2000 and couldn't be happier. It was a bit rocky at first - the dot-com startup that hired both of us went belly up a week after we bought a house - but in the end we put together our own business and are very happy (albeit occasionally either way over worked or alarmingly under-worked) :) It is not uncommon at all for companies to hire folks from the mainland. My father does it all the time when hiring engineers, and I know of several artists and designers who were "headhunted" from the mainland. If you have a lot of experience in your field, chances are Hawaii needs you! PS - Ms. VanTiki is from Illinois - and she hasn't experienced "island fever" (unlike a lot of transplants I know) but the drivers here drive her nuts (me included!). http://www.vantiki.com [ Edited by: VanTiki 2006-09-11 19:56 ]

This thread is too funny - as I have done the exact OPPOSITE of what you are all contemplating. I grew up on Oahu, and by 18 I was ready to get off this tiny island and "see the world"! Went to college in illinois for 4 years, then lived in Santa Monica for about 5 years following my Hollywood Dream. Every time my wife and I would visit my parents back in Hawaii I'd wonder why I ever left. Clean air, beautiful beaches, AMAZING weather. Soon the hectic life of the entertainment industry took too much of a toll on us and we sold almost everything and got out of LA. We knew we wanted to wind up in Hawaii, but we took a detour for a few years in Japan to have a bit of a "life adventure" that we meant to try after college but had put off to start our careers. Moved back to Oahu in 2000 and couldn't be happier. It was a bit rocky at first - the dot-com startup that hired both of us went belly up a week after we bought a house - but in the end we put together our own business and are very happy (albeit occasionally either way over worked or alarmingly under-worked) :)

It is not uncommon at all for companies to hire folks from the mainland. My father does it all the time when hiring engineers, and I know of several artists and designers who were "headhunted" from the mainland. If you have a lot of experience in your field, chances are Hawaii needs you!

PS - Ms. VanTiki is from Illinois - and she hasn't experienced "island fever" (unlike a lot of transplants I know) but the drivers here drive her nuts (me included!).

http://www.vantiki.com

[ Edited by: VanTiki 2006-09-11 19:56 ]

Post #253696 by VanTiki on Mon, Sep 11, 2006 7:55 PM