Re:In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”
by freyr on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:47PM
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What good is a "hot job market" that can't keep up with the housing market or cover the costs of raising a family?
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Re:In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”
by metaphorm on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:56PM
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its "good" for chewing up and spitting out 22-29 year olds. and people wonder why so many Silicon Valley tech firms have problems with "bro culture".
Re:In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”
by arebop on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @01:50PM
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Treading water in a tech job in the bay area is kind of like being in a "normal" job (such as architect, as in buildings not software) any where else, except you don't have to worry about layoffs or a tyrannical boss because you can always just get another job.
Sure it would be great to have both a high income (relative to local costs) and a job you love and plenty of other options, but if one must choose... I choose to trade away the upper-middle-class lifestyle in order to have enjoyable and impactful work in my chosen field of software engineering.