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Average home price in the US is $375k. If you add a $100k-$200k to that price, a SE should be able to save and afford a house. My hobbies take up a lot of spac

by wil421 4y ago

Average home price in the US is $375k. If you add a $100k-$200k to that price, a SE should be able to save and afford a house. My hobbies take up a lot of space so I understand what you want. We had to move out of an in town location to get the house we wanted. A 1,000sqft in town house the same size as our duplex rental wasn’t going to cut it. Luckily I was able to find jobs in an area 45 minutes away from downtown with virtual worker status (3-5 days a month in office max). I changed jobs and was able to find many other ones in the same area.

ohgodplsno 4y ago
Unfortunately, in a group made up of myself and Jeff Bezos, our average net worth is $90 billion. Jeff does a lot of work in that average though. In the same way, it's very possible this person is in an area where the cost of life is absurdly high and the actual price of homes where they are is not reflected in the average, due to the dream that software engineering is massively profitable, which increases the cost of life, which makes the need for a massive salary higher, which...
- eropple 4y ago
  This phenomenon is real, and the best way to combat it is to Go Elsewhere. I'm still in a pretty expensive spot. But I'm very comfortable having somehow managed to never work for a big-tech-payin' big tech shop. There's a lot of great places out there. Believing that we have to all cluster around a few cities is pretty bad for us.
- wil421 4y ago
  Why are you living in the high COL area? There are more developers working outside of Big Tech/FANG/West Coast than inside. The West Coast does have a higher employment of Software Developers per 1,000 people. Especially SF/San Jose. Texas seems to be increasing more than other areas outside of California and Washington. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm#st https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm#st
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  This is why you don't want to live in Medina WA, to be compared with Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, keeping up is tough.

by wil421 4y ago

ohgodplsno 4y ago

Unfortunately, in a group made up of myself and Jeff Bezos, our average net worth is $90 billion. Jeff does a lot of work in that average though. In the same way, it's very possible this person is in an area where the cost of life is absurdly high and the actual price of homes where they are is not reflected in the average, due to the dream that software engineering is massively profitable, which increases the cost of life, which makes the need for a massive salary higher, which...

eropple 4y ago
This phenomenon is real, and the best way to combat it is to Go Elsewhere. I'm still in a pretty expensive spot. But I'm very comfortable having somehow managed to never work for a big-tech-payin' big tech shop. There's a lot of great places out there. Believing that we have to all cluster around a few cities is pretty bad for us.
wil421 4y ago
Why are you living in the high COL area? There are more developers working outside of Big Tech/FANG/West Coast than inside. The West Coast does have a higher employment of Software Developers per 1,000 people. Especially SF/San Jose. Texas seems to be increasing more than other areas outside of California and Washington. https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm#st https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm#st
seanmcdirmid 4y ago
This is why you don't want to live in Medina WA, to be compared with Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, keeping up is tough.