Meanwhile Silicon Beach soldiers on and the weather is looking mighty fine this time of year . . .
honestly the 9+ months of summer we've had is starting to get a little tiring. i want to start wear my hoodie again.
The Ongoing Battle: NY vs. SF Tech Scene
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#12David Karp agrees with you
“you’d have to be out of your mind to live in Palo Alto.”
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/david-karp-is-...
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#13How are salaries/living expenses in tech different in SF and NYC? Assuming you are living in SF or NYC, of course. Are they higher in NYC or lower or vice versa?
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#14Is there a "battle"? I mean, a battle to me means there is a likely winner, and people are pushed into making decisions and taking sides. In 15+ years working at tech companies, I've never had to "pick" - I choose to live in SF - thats it.
Further, I've literally never, ever, heard a person who is actually running or employed at a startup consider it a battle.
But it does seem like a good headline for getting lots of clicks...
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#15I wish the tech scene on Long Island, NY was a tenth of what it is in NYC. It's amazing how the culture dies within a few miles of NYC. Is this the same on the west coast?
If NYC stays strong expect Long Island to grow with it. Office space is dramatically lower on the island and projects like "Nassau Works" look to centralize the tech hiring, making it easier to transition to more living space for less money.
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#16How are salaries/living expenses in tech different in SF and NYC? Assuming you are living in SF or NYC, of course. Are they higher in NYC or lower or vice versa?
I would say both are lower in NYC. Salary is definitely lower, and rent is as well because the infinitely better public transit in NYC gives you more living options that have a short commute.
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#17How are salaries/living expenses in tech different in SF and NYC? Assuming you are living in SF or NYC, of course. Are they higher in NYC or lower or vice versa?
They tend to have the same pay (amongst the big companies that have offices in both areas, anyway) but NYC is more expensive, especially Manhattan.
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#18I wish the tech scene on Long Island, NY was a tenth of what it is in NYC. It's amazing how the culture dies within a few miles of NYC. Is this the same on the west coast?
I don't know about NYC much but SF has culture. The suburbia is exactly what it is: suburbia. I remember living in Mountain View for three months, they have one fucking street which is "downtown". I got stir crazy after a while.
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#19"[NYC] is home to fashion, art, film, literature, theater, banking, and more." Maybe its just closer to Europe? More seriously, agree with the article. SF's strength is also its weakness: a huge concentration of bright like-minded people focused on similar objectives.
Interesting that you fail to mention the other side of SF, the people who have lived here from before we started coming in. The New York Times had an article on them today [1].
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/us/backlash-by-the-bay-tec...
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#20How are salaries/living expenses in tech different in SF and NYC? Assuming you are living in SF or NYC, of course. Are they higher in NYC or lower or vice versa?
I would say both are lower in NYC. Salary is definitely lower, and rent is as well because the infinitely better public transit in NYC gives you more living options that have a short commute.
I am surprised that the rent is lower if you are living in NYC proper. I have one sample point for a friend who lives I think in the East Village. He pays $2300 for a studio. That seems about SF standard. (Well, not in the nicer parts of SF anyway.)