The OP is implying that there are an adequate number of qualified 'business people' and they just want hires that will do the dirty work.
There are an adequate number of funded startups that want devs/designers to help build their empires.
Want a job in Silicon Valley?
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Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
re:6 Isn't it? I kid, I kid. Mostly. But the revealed preferences of where people choose to move and at what price does say a lot about places. Most people, given a choice of buying a nice house in Fargo or Macon for $150k or a nice house in San Francisco or Palo Alto for $150k, probably will go for the latter.
Until they realize their $150k in SF or PA bought a 11'x11' one room shed with no bathroom or driveway anyhow.
I think you overestimate how far $150k will go in SF ;)
The point is about what people are willing to pay to live in an area, though. The fact that people are willing to pay so much more to live in the Bay Area is revealing.
Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#53According to some random cost of living calculator I just pulled up on google, I would need 150,000$ to live in SF based on my current salary, and that is a lateral move, are there dev jobs paying 2-300k in SV?
Yes. If your'e senior enough and are in a vertical that's in-demand enough, $200-300K is possible.
That being said, don't trust cost of living calculators, they are full of crap. Go on Padmapper and really scope out the cost of housing in your area. If you really are thinking about it, fly there and look at the actual costs of things.
Taking the mean/median of anything when it comes to cost of living just means you have a systemic way of calculating a number that has no relevance to reality.
Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#54The housing situation in the Bay Area is a real mess. That's the reason so few experienced engineers are willing to pack up and move there.
It's surprising to me that despite being so innovative and forward thinking, startups and companies in the Bay Area aren't realizing they have to accept this as a constraint and start hiring remotely and find ways to make it work.
Yes, it's sub-optimal to have a remote team in many ways when you're in the early stages. But you have to balance that against fighting for every new hire and then trying to avoid watching them get poached by the newly funded startup across the street. If I were starting a company in SF, this would be a major distraction and something I'd want to avoid at any cost.
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#55I 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 s…
are we talking about SV or SF? there's a difference...
Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#56I 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.
Here's a great starting point: http://capitalfactory.com/. They are connected.
Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#57I 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.
Pleasantly surprised Austin's representation on this thread. My homage to you and your great city: http://hiring.customerdevlabs.com/work-in-austin/ Just submitted to https://news.ycombinator.com/newest if you'd like to get the word out. Who do you suggest I pass interested people along to?
Done. The Austin tweet is in my Buffer queue.
I suggest http://capitalfactory.com/, http://ati.utexas.edu/, http://techranchaustin.com/ for starters. Also consider hitting up http://austinonrails.org/, and any of the Javascript/R/Python meetups. Every one of them seems to be packed every week.
Happy Friday, 'yall.
Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#58I 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.
Any tips on figuring out good startups/tech companies in the area?
@throwaway1979, see above & good luck!
Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#59I 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.
I think it would be good for you to realize that what gives your life fulfillment (mortgages, shorter average commutes than SF) might not mean anything to other people.
I do - an excellent point. Don't get me wrong, I love coming out there to visit. (Especially in June/July/August.) But the cost/benefit seems way out of whack unless you've already done a startup & have an inside straight to more startup $, or already have family in the area.
It's not just me: http://www.quora.com/Silicon-Valley/Whats-the-dark-side-of-S...
Re: Want a job in Silicon Valley?
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wait until you have kids and you want to put them through a decent school...then house prices go up to $1M easily. For a good public school district. Or you can try a private school, but they are crazy expensive and contribute nothing to your own equity.
How does a good private school for your children contribute nothing to your equity? That doesn't seem rational to me. I'd think that a great school of any type is going to be very beneficial to equity and life in general.
I think he means equity in pure financial terms. Really it's more about liquidity.
If you buy a house in a good neighborhood with good schools, your property values will likely trend up, even if they are higher to begin with.
If you buy a cheaper house in a bad neighborhood with poor public schools, you'll have to offset the monthly mortgage cost with private school tuition. This extra cost doesn't give you additional equity in your home, and there are no tax breaks like there are with mortgage interest.
In both cases, you'll have a place to live, and hopefully provide your kids with a good solid education. But if times get tough, you can always sell your house and reap some investment if it's in a good neighborhood. That is not always the case in a poor neighborhood.