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I totally agree with you. In my case, I countered with a proposal for roughly 3x my current income, which would have maintained roughly similar quality of life,
by sithadmin 8y ago
I totally agree with you. In my case, I countered with a proposal for roughly 3x my current income, which would have maintained roughly similar quality of life, if not some minor improvement. The client balked, mostly because they're not a tech firm and aren't used to paying folks outside their primary money-making departments that sort of salary. But if they had agreed, I definitely would have moved to SF.
- anothergoogler 8y agoThere are reasons real estate is more expensive in the bay area, and it's not just NIMBYs. Even if you build to the sky in SF, real estate is going to be much pricier in the bay area than Houston. Not caring about the things that make the bay area market pricier is an arbitrage of sorts for you. The heat and hurricane weather alone are enough to make Houston a non-option for many people, myself included.
- sithadmin 8y ago>The heat and hurricane weather alone are enough to make Houston a non-option for many people A factor in my favor: I'm a native, so it doesn't bother me. Same goes for most others that have lived in swamplands during the summer (even places like DC and Chicago have nearly identical summer weather compared to Houston).
- anothergoogler 8y agoI'm afraid you're mistaken about Chicago summers being nearly identical to those of Houston. Chicago has experienced summers without a 90˚ day and quite a few people there have no AC.
- rdlecler1 8y agoThat could be a smart move in the end. If the salary is 3x what you’re getting paid in TX you could be one of the first people they’d look to lay off in the event of a cutback.
- charmides 8y agoI heard that usually the lowest-paid employees are fired first.