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Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by EternalFury »

I have been here for the past 13 years. The cost of living has risen so much that I am considering a relocation. Housing prices are insane, pretty much every else is more expensive than anywhere else too. The traffic is now back to .com-boom levels and highways are constantly congested.

If you are young (20-30), single, and are willing to have roommates to group up into some apartment, then SV may be an adventure for you. However, as you grow in life, you will need a pretty high level of income to feel secure in this environment.

Start-ups would be better off setting up shop in underdeveloped parts of the country, however, as the cost of labour here puts a serious overhead over any fledgling company.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by NDizzle »

I mean this in the nicest way possible - not as a troll.

The site needs checkboxes for 'are you young and innocent' and 'are you single and/or do you not care about your family and personal free time'

Those are two huge requirements for most companies out here, but they can't admit this kind of stuff by law.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by EternalFury »

bjpcjp wrote: post #9

I live in Austin. Same concentration of crazy smart people, only with less attitude. Did I mention that you can actually buy a house here? With a chance of paying it off? And a 25 minute commute? THIS is why 1 of every 50 cars in Austin has a California license plate. EDIT: there's less access to VC money here. But that doesn't seem to be stopping people.

Dude, hook me up, I would like to move my family to Austin.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by lquist »

binarycrusader wrote: post #20
ryanSrich wrote: post #7

I used to really be attracted to SV. The companies, weather, opportunities; all of it seemed great. Then I realized the living expenses, the government regulations set forth by the state, and the overall smugness of some people and it really turned me off. Case in point. This websites says "work with the smartest people in the world" as if SV has the highest concentration of intelligent people in the world and as if…

The living expenses are a real burden, and the average rental rates in the core of the San Francisco Bay Area have increased ~20-30% over the last three years. They're building new apartments all around the bay now and the greedy realty vultures somehow think it's reasonable to charge as much as $3500-4000USD per month for them (one and two bedrooms). That's easily a mortgage payment on a brand new home out here. The…

Yeah, shame on the greedy realty vultures for charging what the market will bear.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by Glyptodon »

I would love a better job, but when it comes to the Bay Area I have a really hard time with:

1. Housing costs (too expensive)

2. Transportation time / locality (takes too long to get elsewhere in the Bay Area, probably can't live near the job because of #1)

3. Climate - San Fran is rather cold nearly all year round.

4. Because of 1 and 2 likely would not have a garage or space to do projects in.

5. Sometimes things seem rather legally onerous in CA/Bay Area.

6. Regional tunnel vision. When I lived in Northern California I got sick of hearing how it was 'the best place on Earth.'

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by Glyptodon »

blhack wrote: post #17

I don't terribly want to move to SV, but I am a bit curious what this will return. Sorry if I'm wasting your time customerdevlabs! I mostly signed up out of curiosity. Obviously, though, if you want to pay me $150k/year, give me 3 months of vacation, let me telecommute 2/5 days, pay my moving expenses, and give me fun problems, I will move tomorrow.

Pretty much a lot like I feel. I'd rather not live in the Bay Area, but give a fat enough offer and I'd live anywhere.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by jerrya »

lquist wrote: post #24
binarycrusader wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The living expenses are a real burden, and the average rental rates in the core of the San Francisco Bay Area have increased ~20-30% over the last three years. They're building new apartments all around the bay now and the greedy realty vultures somehow think it's reasonable to charge as much as $3500-4000USD per month for them (one and two bedrooms). That's easily a mortgage payment on a brand new home out here. The…

Yeah, shame on the greedy realty vultures for charging what the market will bear.

Funny, you should read Adam Smith's opinion of landlords:

http://geolib.com/smith.adam/won1-11.html

or quoting from mises.org(!)

Smith was even less kindly to the role of landlords, where he recognized no economic function whatever that they might perform. In pungent passages, he writes that 'As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords like to reap where they never sowed and demand a rent even for its natural produce'. And again: 'as soon as the land becomes private property, the landlord demands a share of almost all the produce which the labourer can either raise or collect from it'.

Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?

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Post by justinwi »

binarycrusader wrote: post #20
ryanSrich wrote: post #7

I used to really be attracted to SV. The companies, weather, opportunities; all of it seemed great. Then I realized the living expenses, the government regulations set forth by the state, and the overall smugness of some people and it really turned me off. Case in point. This websites says "work with the smartest people in the world" as if SV has the highest concentration of intelligent people in the world and as if…

The living expenses are a real burden, and the average rental rates in the core of the San Francisco Bay Area have increased ~20-30% over the last three years. They're building new apartments all around the bay now and the greedy realty vultures somehow think it's reasonable to charge as much as $3500-4000USD per month for them (one and two bedrooms). That's easily a mortgage payment on a brand new home out here. The…

Rent is crazy here, no doubt about it, and from the submissions we've gotten so far, it's the #2 concern after visas.

I predict, extravagant housing prices lead to the competitiveness of other technology markets. But for the next 5 years at least, feels like there will be more investors, buzz and energy in SV than anywhere else.

Higher perceived chance of success worth increased rent?

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