Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?
by Spooky23 on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @07:24PM
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It's always expensive to chase the hot thing. If you're an average joe, SFO is that thing that is best avoided.
I'm living in a median cost market in an expensive state and live like a king in comparison to someone in my job (senior tech role) in SFO, although my salary is 50% less. I won't be working for Google anytime soon, but I don't need $500k to live in the lifestyle that I want for my family.
If you want the northern CA lifestyle, wait for the real estate cycle to bust and save some money in a normal place.
I'm living in a median cost market in an expensive state and live like a king in comparison to someone in my job (senior tech role) in SFO, although my salary is 50% less. I won't be working for Google anytime soon, but I don't need $500k to live in the lifestyle that I want for my family.
If you want the northern CA lifestyle, wait for the real estate cycle to bust and save some money in a normal place.