I made 6 figures at my Facebook dream job – but couldn't afford the Bay Area

Re:I made 6 figures at my Facebook dream job – but couldn't ... by scarby on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:28AM (#12497175)

Barely breaking 6 figures is an entry level engineers salary in the bay area. Also in the world that I live in single income families are the exception rather than the rule.

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Re:I made 6 figures at my Facebook dream job – but couldn't ... by pmiller2 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @10:50AM (#12497439)

He was barely breaking 6 figures in 2009. I wasn't around the Bay Area then, but that strikes me probably significantly better than entry level at the time, given the way rents have gone.

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Re:I made 6 figures at my Facebook dream job – but couldn't ... by stephencanon on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @11:21AM (#12497835)

Back in 2009 you could rent a house with a yard in a nice part of Palo Alto for ~2.5k/month (Or less, my wife and I were paying 1.8k at the time for a small but very nice house with a 1 acre yard). ~$100k (while still reasonably entry-level) went pretty far then.

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