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I'd gladly take a paycut to move to a place where the cost of living was 1/4 as much. I might be unique.

by Aloha 11y ago

nfriedly 11y ago
I moved from SF to Ohio and kept my pay. Then switched companies a year later and got a raise. I see your point, but I like my version even better :)
- yareally 11y ago
  Also in Ohio and quite happy here. The lure of higher wages in CA isn't so amazing after taxes and the higher cost of living. My salary here would be a typical developer salary in the Bay Area if you factor in that. I might have to drive to work, but it's only a 15 minute commute.
- mistersquid 11y ago
  I moved from Ohio to SF and got a raise. After 2 years, I've doubled what I was earning in Ohio. I also switched careers, from tenure-track university professor to web development. My point is that code is the lingua franca of well-compensated digital laborers, which is the point the article hints in its closing sentence: "Another customer service worker I’d talked to from a big software company decided that if she wanted to stick around the Bay Area, it was time to teach herself to code."
  - knieveltech 11y ago
    You could probably have gone from tenure track university professor to delivering pizza and still doubled your salary provided you didn't end up delivering in a crappy part of town.
    - knieveltech 11y ago
      For folks that think I'm being sarcastic, a quick google check returned an average salary for untenured professors at around $45,000 annually. I worked with a guy that banked ~$80k a year delivering pizza to a swanky neighborhood that included a bunch of corporate offices.
- Aloha 11y ago
  I'd take your version too, if I could get it.
- ryandrake 11y ago
  I moved from Bumblefuck, Florida to the Bay Area and, while my salary increased by about 40%, my cost of living tripled, so I'm doing far worse than I was back in B.F. I stay mainly because of the number of tech companies in the area. Anyone can lose their job at any minute, and if/when that happens I'd rather be in an area where there were options across the street than in an area with one option two towns over. I'd move back in a heartbeat if there were a more robust tech hiring market in the boonies.
Spooky23 11y ago
You mean living with roommates for $1500/no isn't appealing.
hinkley 11y ago
Have a little chat with your buddies who grew up in the plains states. They will politely tell you you're full of shit. Alternatively, go try it. You could take a paycut to go live in bumblefuck any time. Why not today? I think you'll discover pretty quickly that the grass isn't that green over there. They are low rent because there is either nothing to do, or because they're dangerous.
- CyberDildonics 11y ago
  Have a chat with someone who lives in Nashville, they'll tell you you're full of shit.
  - eropple 11y ago
    Seriously. I don't think I'd want to live in Nashville, but that's a me thing--I spent a year and a half going there every other month and I had no end of positive things to say about the place, except for the reliance on cars for transportation. It's a really nice city, it's safe, and it has plenty to do. I'm considering BOS->ATL right now, because Atlanta is also a really nice city but a little more tech-friendly.
    - astrange 11y ago
      Who are the Atlanta employers these days? I left for SF because there seemed to be nothing years ago. Now I know one person at Cisco ex-Scientific Atlanta, but everyone else in tech works at the enterprise telephone system company. That one might just be nepotism…
- nbb 11y ago
  > nothing to do Yeah, you don't know anything about Nashville.
  - fapjacks 11y ago
    Yeah, I only ever went there twice. Once to visit an army buddy, another time to visit my brother. Nashville is pretty frickin awesome, even if you're not into country music.

I'd gladly take a paycut to move to a place where the cost of living was 1/4 as much. I might be unique.

by Aloha 11y ago

I'd gladly take a paycut to move to a place where the cost of living was 1/4 as much. I might be unique.

I moved from SF to Ohio and kept my pay. Then switched companies a year later and got a raise. I see your point, but I like my version even better :)

yareally 11y ago
Also in Ohio and quite happy here. The lure of higher wages in CA isn't so amazing after taxes and the higher cost of living. My salary here would be a typical developer salary in the Bay Area if you factor in that. I might have to drive to work, but it's only a 15 minute commute.
mistersquid 11y ago
I moved from Ohio to SF and got a raise. After 2 years, I've doubled what I was earning in Ohio. I also switched careers, from tenure-track university professor to web development. My point is that code is the lingua franca of well-compensated digital laborers, which is the point the article hints in its closing sentence: "Another customer service worker I’d talked to from a big software company decided that if she wanted to stick around the Bay Area, it was time to teach herself to code."
- knieveltech 11y ago
  You could probably have gone from tenure track university professor to delivering pizza and still doubled your salary provided you didn't end up delivering in a crappy part of town.
  - knieveltech 11y ago
    For folks that think I'm being sarcastic, a quick google check returned an average salary for untenured professors at around $45,000 annually. I worked with a guy that banked ~$80k a year delivering pizza to a swanky neighborhood that included a bunch of corporate offices.
Aloha 11y ago
I'd take your version too, if I could get it.
ryandrake 11y ago
I moved from Bumblefuck, Florida to the Bay Area and, while my salary increased by about 40%, my cost of living tripled, so I'm doing far worse than I was back in B.F. I stay mainly because of the number of tech companies in the area. Anyone can lose their job at any minute, and if/when that happens I'd rather be in an area where there were options across the street than in an area with one option two towns over. I'd move back in a heartbeat if there were a more robust tech hiring market in the boonies.

Spooky23 11y ago

You mean living with roommates for $1500/no isn't appealing.

hinkley 11y ago

Have a little chat with your buddies who grew up in the plains states. They will politely tell you you're full of shit. Alternatively, go try it. You could take a paycut to go live in bumblefuck any time. Why not today? I think you'll discover pretty quickly that the grass isn't that green over there. They are low rent because there is either nothing to do, or because they're dangerous.

CyberDildonics 11y ago
Have a chat with someone who lives in Nashville, they'll tell you you're full of shit.
- eropple 11y ago
  Seriously. I don't think I'd want to live in Nashville, but that's a me thing--I spent a year and a half going there every other month and I had no end of positive things to say about the place, except for the reliance on cars for transportation. It's a really nice city, it's safe, and it has plenty to do. I'm considering BOS->ATL right now, because Atlanta is also a really nice city but a little more tech-friendly.
  - astrange 11y ago
    Who are the Atlanta employers these days? I left for SF because there seemed to be nothing years ago. Now I know one person at Cisco ex-Scientific Atlanta, but everyone else in tech works at the enterprise telephone system company. That one might just be nepotism…
nbb 11y ago
> nothing to do Yeah, you don't know anything about Nashville.
- fapjacks 11y ago
  Yeah, I only ever went there twice. Once to visit an army buddy, another time to visit my brother. Nashville is pretty frickin awesome, even if you're not into country music.