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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by ceras on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @05:57PM (#13180503)
Sure, I did this (and more if you count my 401k). I don't think I was that frugal: I certainly didn't want for anything, and ate my fair share of sushi.

Like the article mentions, saving a lot is easy if you're fine with a roommate and living in a non-luxury apartment, but if your housing standards are higher than that then it's tougher.

This is, of course, at the compensation levels talked about in the article. Some companies (early stage start-ups, banks) pay much less.

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