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> 1) Break into the top ranks of tech compensation. The companies and roles paying >200k/yr are heavily concentrated in SV. > 2) Found a successful startup. Th
by coryfklein 10y ago
> 1) Break into the top ranks of tech compensation. The companies and roles paying >200k/yr are heavily concentrated in SV.
> 2) Found a successful startup. The concentration of capital and connections in SV remains unparalleled elsewhere.
From my perspective, your definition of a "successful software career" is rather narrow. Where else can you make 6-figures your whole life and be considered a failure?
- morgante 10y agoSuccess is continuous, not binary. Clearly Jerry Yang is very successful, but he's not as successful as Mark Zuckerberg. Like I said, it's perfectly possible to have a nominally successful career in software elsewhere. It's just that if you want to reach even higher levels of success in software, you're encouraged to move to SV.