I've been working remotely from Austin (well, Northern suburbs for a bit under a year now, and after San Jose absolutely love it. If you have to commute it mig

I've been working remotely from Austin (well, Northern suburbs for a bit under a year now, and after San Jose absolutely love it. If you have to commute it might be tough (number of people here is growing faster than number of roads), but for remote work it's perfectly fine. And when I want to get to downtown, it takes me about the same time it would've taken me in San Jose (and I lived in SJ itself), but unlike SJ there's actually something to do in Austin. It certainly does get hot here in the summer, but I like that there are seasons here. Cost of living is significantly better than the Bay Area (and I would argue the quality of life isn't any worse either). And salaries, unless you're aiming for top position at a FANG aren't that much worse. Also, people are much nicer around here.