The media has brainwashed (very smart) software engineers into believing that working as a programmer in San Francisco is like being a painter in Paris in the 1

The media has brainwashed (very smart) software engineers into believing that working as a programmer in San Francisco is like being a painter in Paris in the 1920s; that for $116,000[1] in one of the costliest cities in the U.S. you should forgo a meaningful personal and family life and instead make it easier for brands to surface their tweets in people's feeds. That having an interesting job and work/life balance are mutually exclusive things. [1]http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Twitter-Software-Engineer-Salaries-E100569_D_KO8,25.htm http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Twitter-Software-Engineer-Sa...