Is it for L3-L4 Engs to buy a home in the Bay. I am an L4 Eng trying to get a home. Been saving up for it for the past 3 years. When I finally think I have enough money for a down payment, there is this housing scare. Is it worth living in the Bay in the long term. Or is it advisable to move to other Eng offices: Seattle, Boulder, Austin. Factors I am considering for the move(in order): - Chance of owning a home - TC diff. - Teams/type of work - General quality of life - climate - restaurants, theaters, things to do .. etc Haven't started analyzing all the pros and cons for all the locations yet. I wanted to get some general advise on whether I am missing something important in my considerations.
It's an obvious signal from the market that you should find greener pastures.
Nobody here can answer this for you
True, the weights I give for each of these things is subjective, I get it. But I was looking for things like, have you considered X that could significantly your quality of life. Or just rent for as long as you can because Y... etc
If you're not an outdoorsy person move to Austin.
Get to L5, marry another L5. Problem solved
"Get to L7 problem solved." sounds more doable than L5 wife. 😂
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Yes, moved to Seattle, don’t waste time
Hold your guns mate, things can’t go up forever. Keep renting. I know bashers will come blah blah its bay area it’s never gonna drop and shit, wait till elections at least
Austin is not an eng office. Its mostly recruiting
Fuck up hard and get a 90m payout seems to be the best option here.
Buy now
Be glad you didn’t buy a year ago man.
Why? A year ago rates were about the same as they are now and you would have a higher quality of life and a few percent appreciation as icing on the cake?
Because prices went down in many places over the last 12 months.