Agreed, although I no longer live in the Bay Area, I grew up there and probably would not have had the same problems. Cost of living and a sense of "been there

Agreed, although I no longer live in the Bay Area, I grew up there and probably would not have had the same problems. Cost of living and a sense of "been there done that" kept me from going back. Luckily coming from SV, I had some coding skills just from high school and stuff I was doing on the side + internships back home, and that was a major factor in landing my current job.