Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley despite the 10-hr drive

Re:Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley ... by jaggederest on Sunday March 04, 2018 @09:12PM (#16518199)

I've been remote in Oregon since 2011.

It's not all sunshine and rainbows, jokes about the rain aside, mostly due to the fact that many, many bay area companies just don't understand why anyone would want to live anywhere but the bay.

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Re:Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley ... by jey on Sunday March 04, 2018 @09:24PM (#16518251)

> many bay area companies just don't understand why anyone would want to live anywhere but the bay

What do you mean? Is this a way of saying "many Bay Area companies don't hire remote workers"?

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Re:Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley ... by loeg on Sunday March 04, 2018 @09:30PM (#16518273)

It's more than just not hiring remote workers. Some employers are actually surprised that one might not want to relocate to the bay.

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Re:Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley ... by jaggederest on Sunday March 04, 2018 @09:58PM (#16518402)

s/surprised/angry/

People act like you're denigrating their entire way of life if you won't sell your house and move to the bay in return for their uninspiring below-market salary and the chance to "disrupt" something. They get especially upset when I say that the cost of living differential would need to be 50%+ of total comp, plus around $30k in moving expenses.

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Re:Bend, OR, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley ... by colmvp on Sunday March 04, 2018 @09:59PM (#16518415)

You can look at the weekly/monthly HN job posts to validate your comment, as quite a number aren't remote friendly.

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