Yeah, unfortunately this has been reality for engineers in the Bay Area for at least 10 years. Your company either goes public and you're rich, or you're in a b

Yeah, unfortunately this has been reality for engineers in the Bay Area for at least 10 years. Your company either goes public and you're rich, or you're in a bipolar economic limbo where statistically you are upper middle class because of your high income, but really you are lower middle class because you are renting and your job can disappear at any moment.