While I don't think its malicious, remember that PG, Silicon Valley VCs and most of those blogs make money off of the starry eyed young entrepreneurs coming to

While I don't think its malicious, remember that PG, Silicon Valley VCs and most of those blogs make money off of the starry eyed young entrepreneurs coming to Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs essentially are their resources that power those types of businesses. Nothing wrong with it - just remember where people who give out advice are coming from and what they benefit from even if it may benefit you as well. My personal advice would be to start doing whatever it is you are dreaming about on as little cost as possible and once you identify that your business actually has a true need to be in SV then make the move. It all depends on financial habits and lifestyle but I think many will find that their "normal" middle class lifestyle in SV can gobble through a 100k/yr salary quite easily - its possible to live here on way less but one should be aware of the elevated cost of living.