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Re:I am done. I give up by washmyelbows on Friday December 23, 2022 @08:12AM (#34105393)
I'll be lucky if I can afford a single family home after 20 years of software engineering in the US. halfway there now, we'll see. Moving to a senior position has helped but I feel like a lot of people forget that the compensation in SV is not normal in other places.
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Re:I am done. I give up by alistairSH on Friday December 23, 2022 @08:49AM (#34105746)
SV is an outlier in both income and housing costs.

Here in DC metro, a mid-career developer should be able to afford a home without much trouble. Many of the best jobs are well outside the city (Tysons to Ashburn corridor) where housing costs aren’t terrible.

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