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According to that site, I'd need to make over $200k to meet my same standard of living, but I still think someone with two years experience can't come close to
by ChicagoDave 9y ago
According to that site, I'd need to make over $200k to meet my same standard of living, but I still think someone with two years experience can't come close to my knowledge of software development. There are inherent limitations. Of course if the job is to write code without any comment about the big picture and without complaint about hours, then maybe it is competitive. And that signing bonus? That just doesn't translate to the Midwest at all.
- syllogism 9y agoAll else being equal 32 years experience will count against, you though --- and this is quite rational... These companies want to hire for trajectory. If someone's gotten to a great level of skills 2 years out of university, that says good things about where they'll be in 5 or 10 years.
- scarface74 9y agoWe just bought a 5 bedroom, 3-1/2 bathroom house with a nice size separate office in the northern suburbs of Atlanta with about 2800 square feet. Brand new build for $335,000 with all of the niceties. I've looked on Zillow, the same square footage, much older home, would be around 2-4 million at least in San Francisco.
- softawre 9y agoYup, this is the major difference. The COL numbers can be explained away, but if you want space now and a retirement later then you can get by with much less work outside SF.
- ChicagoDave 9y agoIn Chicago, it's fairly common to take a regional 50 to 75 minute train ride into the city from a distant suburb. Is there anything like that for Silicon Valley? Can you get an hour away by train and lower housing costs?
- scarface74 9y agoI can only speak for Atlanta, but the state of public transportation is abysmal from the burbs. True the train system is great to get to certain parts of Atlanta - and I use the park and ride any time I'm going to the airport or going downtown, but people in the burbs fight tooth and nail against an easy transfer system that will allow "them" to come up here. And don't let me get started ranting about why the majority of white collar workers even need to come in to work as often as we do just for appearances.
- pmiller2 9y agoSure. Live in the Eaat Bay and BART in.
- ChicagoDave 9y agoHow about that. Clean 1br for around $1500/month and 10 minutes from BART station. That's pricey, but workable.
- pmiller2 9y agoThat's actually cheap, depending on the BART station (not all are created equal), the size of the place, whether it's gated, and whether you mean 10 minutes walking or driving.