Leave bay area for Midwest
Would you leave bay area for a Mid west (MO) startup company (disruptive iot tech) paying close to my current base for a better lifestyle and savings? And why would you do so? I dont mind moving to a different state but am concerned about the jobs scenario there.. not as many opportunities as in Silicon Valley and if I ever wanted to move back to here, would it be too difficult? I heard it's very hard to even get calls from the companies once you are outside bay. PS I am on H1B visa
One of us
Good luck finding a moving company. They’re booked for months due to the number of people moving out.
Do you live in Bay area?
Where in midwest? Ames, Iowa? No. Chicago? Yes.
Denver, Yes
I won’t mind moving to Midwest. Bay Area is too expensive. In Midwest work life balance will also be good as compare to Bay Area. Less traffic, less headache
Did you ever work/live in midwest?
I lived in Chicago for 3 years
As long as you are ok with hating the weather half the year, go for it.
I did it and hated it. Terrible weather and low quality engineers (I wasn't in Chicago). Food is also not that great.
Are you still in midwest?
Yes but hopefully not for long
I just moved from Chicago to the Bay Area. There are plenty of jobs in Chicago but they are mostly at old mature industrial companies with limited growth potential
Not to MO. If Chicago had a better tech scene id go there
Why not MO?
MO has 2 big cities. Below are some big names Kansas City: Cerner, Garmin, Sprint St. Louis: MasterCard, Monsanto, Enterprise, Equifax, NewBalance With being on H-1 and with current administration, I m seeing not many companies want to hire candidates who needs sponsorship
Yes
Could you elaborate why?