Re:Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US
by pchristensen on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @06:37PM
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People who bought houses at any point in the last decades are house-rich and have a low tax basis thanks to Prop 13. Otherwise, there's an active, ongoing exodus of non-tech people, as well as increasing cost of living and longer commutes for people who stay.
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Re:Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US
by Aeolun on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @06:54PM
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Someone needs to serve the burgers though. Are you saying those people commute two hours each way?
Re:Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US
by linguae on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @07:07PM
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Oh, definitely. One of the worst commutes in Northern California is the Altamont Pass, which Interstate 580 traverses. As early as 4:30am there is a long line of cars filled with commuters who live in more affordable Central Valley places like Stockton, Modesto, and Tracy, commuting to either Silicon Valley or San Francisco. These are generally not FAANG software engineers; they do all sorts of other work, such as cleaning offices, preparing food, stocking aisles, teaching students, building Teslas (Tesla has a shuttle that goes from Modesto to its Fremont factory), policing Bay Area communities, fighting fires, and a lot more.
Re:Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US
by robotresearcher on Thursday October 10, 2024 @12:01PM
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The megacorps also have buses that run to distant towns. People have informal roommate situations midweek and ride the bus home for the WFH+weekend.
Re:Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US
by ForHackernews on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @06:56PM
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Some people live in their cars during the week.
Re:Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US
by pchristensen on Friday October 11, 2024 @11:53AM
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Yes - check out Brentwood, Gilroy, etc where middle class Bay Area residents are commuting from. The expense and shortage of non-tech labor is also pushing things like ghost kitchens, coffee robots, self-checkout kiosks, etc.
Re:Software Engineer Pay Heatmap Across the US
by joshdavham on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @11:01PM
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This actually sounds a lot like Vancouver in Canada.