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So what? That's irrelevant, because housing costs vary dramatically in different markets. $150k isn't going to buy you a nice house in Silicon Valley, maybe a

So what? That's irrelevant, because housing costs vary dramatically in different markets. $150k isn't going to buy you a nice house in Silicon Valley, maybe an efficiency condo at best.

scarface74 9y ago
It's always an option to move. There are plenty of opportunities outside of SV.
- Arizhel 9y ago
  Yes, in places like Seattle, NYC, Boston, DC, etc., where the housing costs are also astronomical, and your salary is commensurately lower.
  - scarface74 9y ago
    http://www.businessinsider.com/cities-us-software-engineer-ranked-salary-cost-living-2015-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/cities-us-software-engineer-r...
    - Arizhel 9y ago
      According to your link, San Jose is #2, right behind Seattle, for software engineers as far as salary/CoL ratio. So it really doesn't get much better than Silicon Valley's insane cost of living. It's just like I said: the housing costs may be lower elsewhere, but the salaries are even lower so it isn't worth it. Seattle is the only exception, and it's not that much better.
      - scarface74 9y ago
        I can personally tell you that salaries for your run of the mill enterprise senior softwares developer is between $120K and $145K in Atlanta and you can easily buy a house in the burbs with a good school system for less than $400k. From what I've seen, the same is true for at least the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.