Silicon Valley newcomers are still dreaming big • Hacker News Board

Re: Silicon Valley newcomers are still dreaming big

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Post by dpres » Wed, Jan 25, 2012, 8:30 PM UTC

victork2 wrote: post #3

Sorry to be cynical here but I see that the myriad of new Tech companies do all pretty much the same thing and users don't stick to their product. However at the end of the day these companies do not survive and I don't even know if workers see that fact. For Business Investors it's a typical situation where it's "Make a lot of cash, fast, SELL". They all know that the company is not going to survive past the buzz, b…

Here are some of my friend's salaries. 1-4 graduated from the same school as me in TX in the same year, not sure where 5 went to school:

(1) $120k/yr - tester - Seattle area - large company - interned 1 yr at same large company as tester.

(2) $75k/yr - software dev - bay area - small company - interned 4 yr at different small company as software dev.

(3) $65k/yr - Java dev - Dallas, TX - medium size company - no internship experience, but competent programmer

(4) $60k/yr - software dev - Dallas, TX - large company - never wrote a line of code through University

(5) $110k/yr - M$ sharepoint maintainer - Dallas, TX - large company - n/a

Re: Silicon Valley newcomers are still dreaming big

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Post by gxs » Wed, Jan 25, 2012, 9:33 PM UTC

quak wrote: post #28

gxs wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, I'm tired of hearing this. I live very comfortably and my total expenses are <$1500/mo. This might get a small bump if I go out more than usual in a particular month. But really, I wonder what everyone else does so differently.

Out of curiosity, would you be able to break down your monthly expenses(rent, food, entertainment, etc...)? Always looking for ideas on trimming my budget and understanding how low it can go in the various categories.

I did somewhat above in the same thread. Let me know if you want more details and I'll elaborate.

Re: Silicon Valley newcomers are still dreaming big

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Post by dave_sullivan » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 12:46 AM UTC

ipince wrote: post #21

gxs wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, I'm tired of hearing this. I live very comfortably and my total expenses are <$1500/mo. This might get a small bump if I go out more than usual in a particular month. But really, I wonder what everyone else does so differently.

Rent alone (in SF) will _easily_ put you above 1500/month

More people should look at Pacifica. 15 mins from city, I live literally next to the beach, have a pretty good gym, sauna, pool in complex, and my rent is obscenely low for what I've got. Plus free and easy parking and lots of stuff walking distance. But the fog... Not much worse than sf fog though...

Re: Silicon Valley newcomers are still dreaming big

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Post by jfarmer » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 1:59 AM UTC

ipince wrote: post #21

gxs wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, I'm tired of hearing this. I live very comfortably and my total expenses are <$1500/mo. This might get a small bump if I go out more than usual in a particular month. But really, I wonder what everyone else does so differently.

Rent alone (in SF) will _easily_ put you above 1500/month

I pay $1,000/month for a room in a 2BR apartment in the middle of Hayes Valley in SF. If you live in a less central neighborhood like the Richmond, Sunset, Glen Park, Bernal Heights, etc. it will be much lower.

Re: Silicon Valley newcomers are still dreaming big

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Post by gaius » Thu, Jan 26, 2012, 4:15 PM UTC

t342 wrote: post #5

"Bansi Shah, 23, picked up her undergraduate diploma, then took a job at Lattice Engines, a small San Mateo startup, where she makes “near the top” of the company’s $80,000 to $130,000 range for an entry level product manager, plus equity" Is this the norm in silicon valley, entry level positions making close to 130k plus equity? If this is the exception great!, but where does someone go from there? If right out of s…

Lattice Engines doesn't make engines. It's just another fluffy dotcom.