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Maybe. But checkout Austin cost of living https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare/san-francisco-vs-austin https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-
by cjhanks 9y ago
Maybe. But checkout Austin cost of living https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare/san-francisco-vs-austin https://www.nerdwallet.com/cost-of-living-calculator/compare... and stack overflow careers https://stackoverflow.com/jobs?sort=i&l=Austin%2C+TX%2C+United+States&d=20&u=Miles https://stackoverflow.com/jobs?sort=i&l=Austin%2C+TX%2C+Unit....
That's essentially a parallel move if you consider nerdwallet doesn't consider local tax rates (very high in SFO vs 0% in Texas).
- joshuamorton 9y agoAgain though, I don't know anyone 2 years in making 134K (the Austin-equivalent of 250K in SF) in Austin. I know more than one person 2 years in making that much in SF. And you're also ignoring that CoL calculators bias against high CoL areas in a few important ways.
- handbanana 9y agoWhen I had 2 years exp, I was offered 125k at a company in Austin. Not 134k, but I imagine that figure isn’t impossible