I suggest you ignore tech companies. There are many non-tech companies in need of IT people (programmers, admin, dba, etc). A lot of them dont know how to do tech interviews or even know what to advertise to look for IT people they need. Go for this kind of companies. You get a chance to be their CTO and determine their IT operations. You likely need to work more IT fields and longer hours. But in return less bureucracy. The down is mostly they pay about half lesser than what you would get but living in area with lower cost of living.
