Right now I live and work in Boston as a Software Engineer. I like my current job and I like that there are lots of other potential employers around that treat employees well. But I also like my gf who is getting a phd and going on the job market in a year or two. This means that I'll likely be leaving Boston. For those of you who have worked in a tech city like Boston, San Francisco, NYC, etc and have worked elsewhere, what differences did you notice? Was the difference in pay worth the difference in cost of living? Do employers outside these high competition areas cut pay and perks too much? Do you feel like the talent pool is too small so your co-workers aren't as smart? For younger engineers, do you end up losing the opportunity to learn from other good engineers? For older engineers, do you feel constrained by office politics or a company leadership that doesn't understand software?
Blind Rule : TC and YOE please
Lol Boston
Are you a social media "coordinator" for Boston's chamber of commerce or something? It's like people that keep trying to sneak their company into the top tier. Sad!
You gotta put a ring on her before thinking too seriously on relocation. And yes, it will hold you back as young engineer. 5 years in Panhandle, FL doesnβt look lucrative on resume either.
Well we were talking about the ring which brought this up in the first place. You still made it to Amazon even after 5 years in nowhere Florida. Do you feel like that stifled your growth comoared to other engineers at Amazon your age?
Where you spent your childhood is not that important (to most top tech companies). Your employer name is more important than exact location. You can make it to Amazon after working 10 years in say Atlanta. But most likely it will carry less weight if that exp is at an unknown company. But if youβre a ML Prof at Ga Tech it wonβt be a problem to get into Amazon at L8 or even L10 scientist position.
Whatβs ur tc
It's in a response above. Still don't know how it's relavent though
Boston is not a "major tech hub",.and 140K is not "high compensation" ... Sorry to break your unreal reality...
It seems to me that Boston has a lot of engineering jobs open and I know I don't have a super high salary, but it does seem about average for people like me in the area. I'm not chasing tc right now, I'm chasing growth
First Boston is not even a small tech hub, so you should have no issue adjusting yourself somewhere else lol. Second, I am still laughing at you when I read Boston and major tech hub in the same paragraph
Can you elaborate on that. It's always seemed to me like there's no shortage of jobs around here
West coast loves to pretend there is no tech on the east coast for sport, it's just one the endearing qualities you'll have to get used to if you work in Bos/NYC/DC
When did Boston become a tech city? It will become tech city if the airport is somehow gets coded as BSTECHCITY
I've had 4 SWE jobs in 3 cities over my 3 years as a professional SWE. In that time, my TC has progressed from $65k to $205k. I've found that the company's SWE compensation has a far greater impact on its engineering talent quality than any other factor, including location.
That's a really interesting insight. But it also seems the tc and location are highly correlated
True, in aggregate. But Bloomberg pays much more than the Bay Area startups I worked for previously, and its NYC engineers are correspondingly better on average
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Lol
Can you elaborate?