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Just to add another data point: I am currently working as a SWE at a large bay area software company and I recently moved home with my parents to a low COL area
by opportune 6y ago
Just to add another data point: I am currently working as a SWE at a large bay area software company and I recently moved home with my parents to a low COL area.
Not everybody is living with their parents due to economic hardship. I could pay rent pretty much anywhere but chose to move in with my parents because I saw an opportunity (from WFH) to spend time with them + my dad is sick. And it's also nice that I'll save about $20-30k a year in living expenses, live in a less dysfunctional region than the Bay Area (though with different problems for sure), and have way more living space. I am pretty happy to not be beholden to the racket that is renting in a hot metro area.
Yes, it's only possible because of Covid, but it's not forced or a negative like these articles can make it seem. Anecdotally I know many other bay area/large metro area software people who have done the same thing.
- fny 6y agoI'm in the same boat coming from NYC. WFH has been a godsend.
- rconti 6y agoI happily lived with my parents while I worked a tech job from 18-21. I'm almost 40 now, own a house, and am married. I won't "live with" my parents by any real definition, but with more WFH flexibility, I will absolutely be making the 7 hour drive to spend a week with them more often than I was able to before. My parents are awesome! And you only have so much time with them in this world -- they're in their 70s and 80s and I'm happy to have the flexibility to spend more time with them. I do make sure to get a covid test each time I visit, though. (currently visiting an aunt and uncle out-of-state, after a covid test and a 16 hour drive).