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The costs are not really irrelevant, you'd still want to be in a place you'd like to live, right?
by GekkePrutser 4y ago
The costs are not really irrelevant, you'd still want to be in a place you'd like to live, right?
- mgraczyk 4y agoI mean that the cost of living in SF isn't relevant because you can move. I'm claiming that if you're top ~25% software engineer with 5+ years of experience, you're much better off working for one year in SF, then moving to France for 3 years vs moving to France and working with 3 years parental leave. You'll have way more money at the end of 4 years if you spend a year in SF.
- ben_w 4y agoI very briefly looked at SF, and decided that if I were to work there, I would want to commute via Cessna. Because at first glance, SF rents are so bad that learning to fly and owning a small aircraft isn't immediately obviously the more expensive option, like it would be in Europe.
- mgraczyk 4y agoI walk to work and buying a new car every year + gas + insurance + parking would be less than 10% of my income, whereas I would need to save for years to buy a plane and couldn't possibly afford the upkeep and storage here. So seems like a pretty silly comparison.