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> You realize that that sweet $140,000 Silicon Valley base salary at FaceGoogBox is worth less than that very middle class $80,000 in Atlanta, once you adjust f
by acchow 11y ago
> You realize that that sweet $140,000 Silicon Valley base salary at FaceGoogBox is worth less than that very middle class $80,000 in Atlanta, once you adjust for cost of living, right?
You're ignoring equity here, which after a couple years will be more than your base salary anyway.
With a total comp of $300k+, a lot SV workers don't mind paying $30k/year more in rent to live in the Bay Area. As many others have noted, it really is beautiful here...
- ethanbond 11y agoA beauty that's getting harder and harder to appreciate. And that's not even exclusive to the Bay to begin with.
- acchow 11y ago> And that's not even exclusive to the Bay to begin with. What other place is like this? I mean a lively, diverse city where everyone is from everywhere, mountains nearby, and 3000 hours of sunshine a year?
- enjo 11y agoThat's literally the sales pitch for Denver (we're working on the diversity bit). Although we get more sun.
- ethanbond 11y agoYou mean where everyone is from an upper middle class family, a private highschool, and one of 20-30 prestigious engineering schools at which they studied under one of the same four degree programs, after which they decided to go and work at "this really hot tech company!" Boy that's diverse. The area basically vacuums everyone who fits the exact same mold from anywhere in the world – that does not make the area more diverse.
- astrange 11y agoAre there "a lot" of SF workers with 300k personal income on their taxes?