People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige

Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by jophde on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:08PM (#21982676)

Thanks, I will check out Phoenix. Assuming you are a little older since you moved in 2006, do you feel like the top end of your career has been held back at all by not being in one of the major tech hubs? What does your role look like now.

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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by 0x445442 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @03:47PM (#21984633)

Not at all. In fact there's quite a decent tech scene being built around ASU in Tempe; Amazon among others are there.

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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by jophde on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:00PM (#21984792)

I was surprised to see that Amazon (Twitch) is in SLC as well. What sort of paycut would I be expecting. I think my current gig would probably make me go from $170-$150k if I went remote. I assume the top end wouldn't be what it is in the Bay Area but maintaining > $150k is reasonable with 10+ years of experience?

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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by 0x445442 on Thursday January 09, 2020 @08:35AM (#22001013)

If you can find stable remote work that you enjoy that's surely something to consider. If you are flexible on where you can live you can really skew the relative compensation in your favor. I think for most situations you'll find the decrease in pay is more than compensated for by the decreased cost of living compared to the left coast.

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