"To collect the $10,000, you’ll need to become a MainStreet Member and work out of one of our MainStreet offices for at least 12 months." This is raising red flags, somehow.
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#32"To collect the $10,000, you’ll need to become a MainStreet Member and work out of one of our MainStreet offices for at least 12 months." This is raising red flags, somehow.
I think they meant to write work at of one of our MainStreet companies (who hired you) for at least 12 months. This might be a recruiter + wework deal
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#33"To collect the $10,000, you’ll need to become a MainStreet Member and work out of one of our MainStreet offices for at least 12 months." This is raising red flags, somehow.
That's not really that different from a signing bonus. Just rebranded for a catchy headline
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#34Are recruiting fees that high that they are able to pay their own staff and the recruits $10k (plus the "member" benefits) and make money?
Usually 30% of the first year salary. Hire a $150k dev the recruiter gets $50k
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#35Where does the money come from?
It is not entirely clear from the website, but it basically seems to be a kind of employment agency--they set you up with a workspace, and get you jobs with their paying corporate clients. So the deal they're offering is to give you a cut of the fee in exchange for moving, because they need to have workers to sell before they can make any money.
Also a little odd is that they want to bring jobs to non-urban areas, but they're selling themselves as an escape for people in expensive urban areas, rather than an opportunity for people in non-urban areas who need jobs. And it also leaves aside less expensive urban areas that need jobs.
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#36Weird. The splash page says: > help you find a job you love in a city you can afford But the "About", "For Companies" and "How it works" pages are pretty focused on remote work: > Companies are more ready than ever to utilize distributed workforces, and this is creating opportunities for workers everywhere to be part of the digital economy... MainStreet provides the community, communication, and career tools you need…
I think its crystal clear.
They are making remote work easy for employees and employers, which enables you to work from cities other than coastal ones.
Is that really such a hard thing to understand? I Think most people connect the dots. It doesn't need a mini blog post to explain.
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#37The idea is sound. There are a lot of amazing places in Italy where I am from. Some of these towns sell houses for few thousands. Just think about it. No traffic. No over-crowded restaurants. Your own property. Sun. Sea side. I think this is more an issue of community. Of course if you are the only remote worker in a place with aging population is not fun. But if some start up would be able to build a community of re…
Another option is you can just find a job in Dallas or Atlanta or something. There's enough programming jobs in cities like that, the COL is relatively low, you can live in pretty much any part of town that suits your fancy, and they're probably much nicer to live in than you might imagine if you've never left the coasts.
Personally if I were looking to move anywhere after leaving the bay I'd consider Raleigh or Nashville. Midsize-to-largeish cities are pretty cool.
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#38At the risk of sounding overly woke, houses and cars are terrible for the climate. Also, there's a reason that big businesses and highly-educated professionals gravitate towards. More fluid labor and job markets. I'd think a better goal here would be build up technology industries in smaller cities.
Houses are terrible for the climate?
sprawling suburbs that necessitate driving everywhere are terrible for the climate
Houses themselves aren't great for the climate (there's CO2 emission in materials productions, heavy machinery operation, etc), but they're necessary for human survival so it's hard to claim we have an alternative
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#39I'm not sure if this is a real site or not... but let's assume it is, what's the deal with "Stop waiting in line for brunch"? I get the commute and own your own home things, these seem like BIG deals in life. Is standing in life for brunch really the 3rd biggest problem with living in the Bay Area or is this an inside joke or something like that? Everything I know about living around there I've learned from HN and I…
It honestly seems like a Brooklynite's take on urban woes, without understanding that brunch isn't nearly as big a deal in the Bay Area as it is there.
It's not a problem here.
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#40It's really hard to beat living and working in San Francisco. Having lived here a few years I find costs highly overstated for single people.
e.g. some costs:
Studio in Lower Haight (water + trash included): $2100/month Utilities: $50 Monthly Muni: $81
Groceries are no more expensive than anywhere else. Eating out is similar vs other cities I've been to, and if anything the quality of the food is better here at the mid price range.
If I lived in a smaller or mid-sized city there's a good chance I would have to get a car, so any savings in terms of rent would just go to owning and maintaining a car.