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- Been programming for ~4 years - Self taught - Wife and one child - Only ever worked telecommute - I'm in my late twenties - Canadian
I'm wondering if moving somewhere like the Bay Area would be beneficial for my career. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
What do you want to be doing? Do you still want to work from home, or do you want to be part of a startup or larger company?
One way of framing it, is asking if you were already living in the Bay Area, would be willing to take a $40-$70k/year pay cut to move home to be closer to friends, family, and more affordable housing?
Salaries and standards for programmers are way higher here than anywhere else. One way of framing it, is asking if you were already living in the Bay Area, would be willing to take a $40-$70k/year pay cut to move home to be closer to friends, family, and more affordable housing?
Salaries and standards for programmers are way higher here than anywhere else. One way of framing it, is asking if you were already living in the Bay Area, would be willing to take a $40-$70k/year pay cut to move home to be closer to friends, family, and more affordable housing?
Does the cost of living versus increased salaries come out in the green, when it's all said and done?
Salaries and standards for programmers are way higher here than anywhere else. One way of framing it, is asking if you were already living in the Bay Area, would be willing to take a $40-$70k/year pay cut to move home to be closer to friends, family, and more affordable housing?
Does the cost of living versus increased salaries come out in the green, when it's all said and done?
I still think its a great place to be but you really have to decide if you love being here or not. Its definitely a unique culture.
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Does the cost of living versus increased salaries come out in the green, when it's all said and done?
Depends on how much your cost of living is currently but in my own experience, its probably more expensive overall to be in the Bay. Not only has cost of living hiked in recent years, but also to consider one of the highest sales tax, etc... And everything is in general more expensive for the equivalent elsewhere. I still think its a great place to be but you really have to decide if you love being here or not. Its d…