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Notice this question has been asked 3x and not answered. 150k remote gets you a lot further than 300k in SV unless you want to live with 10 of your best friend
by SmellTheGlove 10y ago
Notice this question has been asked 3x and not answered. 150k remote gets you a lot further than 300k in SV unless you want to live with 10 of your best friends.
- metaphorm 10y agoI did notice. People lie about this stuff for their own ego boosting. Which is weird because, you know, its the internet and its anonymous. They're only lying to themselves really.
- SmellTheGlove 10y agoHe doesn't even need to be lying. He could have a huge salary offset by a massive cost of living, so we only discuss the first number for appearances. It's sometimes envy-inducing for me to look at what other data-oriented directors make and compare it to my own comp. But I also live in Maine, and somehow, in walking distance to the beach and "only" 90 minutes to Boston. Cost of living matters massively, especially once you have a family, kids and want to own instead of rent. Even if I ditch the coastal part, I'm not sure I even want to look at what a comparable 3 bedroom, 2000 sq ft home would cost anywhere near SF or Silicon Valley. Screw it, I'm gonna look: http://move2siliconvalley.com/tag/real-estate/ http://move2siliconvalley.com/tag/real-estate/ Let's pick Campbell because it's somewhere in the middle, I like Rancid and Lars Frederiksen. $648/sqft, and generally under a quarter acre lot. You got 1.3M I could borrow? That's like 5 of my houses. Roughly $6500 a month (78k a year) factoring in property taxes. Suddenly 300k a year doesn't seem like a whole lot once you pay your taxes and put a roof over your family's head.