Frdiby,
I just read your thread. Very inspiring!
What I have realized after going through the recession in Atlanta, is that well the jobs never really came back. ID isn’t all dead here, but there just aren’t any jobs, and the few that are posted are way too competitive. UX here has mostly gone the route ID was a few years back. Either its places looking for Senior / Director level UX with masters degrees requirements or working at a start up for nothing. I’ve been trying my hand at UX, but I almost feel like I’ve got to start completely over career wise to land something. Slowly I am starting to look elsewhere for jobs