Austin and B/CS are not close enough to each other that you'd want to drive from one to the other every day. They are about 2 hours from each other.
Yes, I noticed that - hence my question of which comes first, finding a job or moving to town. If he has a job at Brackenridge lined up, I wouldn't suggest B/CS as a home. I might suggest someplace like Bastrop if he wants to escape Austin. I've noticed a lot of city/county/state employees who work in Austin but live outside the county. Wonder why?