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You've reversed cause and effect.
well, yes, though at some point it begins to resemble a reinforcement feedback loop
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Is the rest RSUs? Only a select few that work for big publicly traded companies get to benefit from those...
Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple all have more than 100k employees, this is close to the full SF population, so doesn't look like "select few" to me.
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I'd need to study math just to get a managerial job that doesn't use any of these math and academic skills. I'd need to answer questions like, how many marbles would it take to reach the moon. I'd be surrounded by aspie workaholics who rank low in creativity, high in analytical skills and are fully deficient in sense of humor. Literal-minded math nerds fronted by a smattering of HR people who portray the company as e…
Ok, I get it. You need to be contrarian and repeat some California is bad talking points. But let’s be honest, life in California is way better than NYC. Nobody sipping Russian river pinot while overlooking Lake Tahoe has said “I wish I was in NYC”
All that said, if the news reports are any indication, there are a lot of people exiting California for other states, so a lot of contrarians.
I do love the Sonoma Chardonnays myself, the Cali Pinots are a lot riper/sweeter than the Burgundy ones.
Meanwhile, EU salaries are stagnating and it's one of the worst places to be a software engineer. An average salary for a software developer in Germany was 46000 Euro per year in 2020, and don't forget, it's one of the richest countries in Europe. The average in EU is even lower... After paying taxes a single person with that salary will only have 2400 Euro per month (~ 2800 USD). The guy who cleans our house in Germ…
When I left Germany in 2007, I was making 52000 Euro per year. Crazy to hear that salaries remained practically flat. When I went to Silicon Valley, my pay practically doubled overnight, and now 13 years later I make 10x as much (and my job hasn't really changed much). Curious though how your house cleaner is making more than a software engineer?
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Sure, and say Munich ~ Toronto in that regard https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou... So why move to Canada?
> So why move to Canada? Get Canadian citizenship after 3 years, and become eligible for TN visa, which is not subject to any lotteries or quotas.
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Not only that, but in Germany many companies will not hire you, if you don't have a degree. So you must also spend a lot of time (3-5 years) and money to get a Bachelor/Master degree.
Money? What money? AFAIK degree programs in German public universities are nearly free.
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L7 is rare though, and most of them have more than 12 YOE (or maybe they have 12 YOE at the company). Levels.fyi seems to only have 38 data points for FB for example ( https://www.levels.fyi/company/Facebook/salaries/Software-En... ) and 47 for Google ( https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi... ) vs. 490 and 457 L5 entries. It's probably safe to say if you get to L7 you're in the top 5% of engin…
Where are all the people with 15-20y experience?
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Or you can live in this house, which is >2k sq ft, on 0.53 acres, in a 10 rated school district and only 16 miles from SF https://www.redfin.com/CA/Orinda/28-Tara-Rd-94563/home/19147...
Why do you think it is relatively so much cheaper? There has to be some reasonable explanation? Maybe it is because it is not Silicon Valley? Maybe commute to Mountain View or Sunnyvale takes 4hrs off your life each day?
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Ok, I get it. You need to be contrarian and repeat some California is bad talking points. But let’s be honest, life in California is way better than NYC. Nobody sipping Russian river pinot while overlooking Lake Tahoe has said “I wish I was in NYC”
I was harsh but replying to the, we make so much more money here, original post. My point is there's more than money for consideration, a very pedestrian observation. All that said, if the news reports are any indication, there are a lot of people exiting California for other states, so a lot of contrarians. I do love the Sonoma Chardonnays myself, the Cali Pinots are a lot riper/sweeter than the Burgundy ones.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-SF-Ba...
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It's incredible to me that most of the surplus wealth generated by all of humanity's innovation in the 21st century has basically accumulated to property owners in the Bay Area and Seattle. This is only a slight exaggeration.
“Most of the surplus wealth” seems like a massive exaggeration. I don’t see too many FAANG employees spending “most” of their wealth on real estate.