I know brilliant engineers who make 100k-150k at best, in different states. Why won’t they just come to the valley and double their TC?
NY and Seattle pays just as much and the former has way better social life so that’s numero un.
Uno*
Many engineers don’t care about social life compared to normal people
Probably because the Bay Area is full of vapid, uninteresting clowns that only care about TC and talk about JavaScript at parties.
This. I find my techie friends in the valley so boring. They live in their bubble, work on weekends, talk about RSUs at home, weigh relationships by how much TC each one earns, wear the same company tee everyday, and are so full of themselves. I get scared thinking how I may become like one of them if I move there (saw this first hand with a few friends). Money can do strange things to you.
Yup...techie folks are in our own tiny bubble for sure. Usually no real passion or interest outside of tech, TC and careers.
Not everyone is cut out for FAANG. And not everyone can leetcode hard. Getting an offer in the Bay Area if one attends a low tier school as a software engineer is hard. Most of the startups, unicorns, and companies in the Bay Area prefer people with ties to the Ivy Leagues, MIT, Stanford, etc.
bc COL and you’d be supporting illegal CA leftist politicians like Nuisance and Kamaslut Harris Avoid Seattle since it rains 24/7 tho ;-)
The personalities are sooooo fucking bland when you're just surrounded by tech bros who lived boring lives chasing prestige and can't talk about anything other than work or video games
Video games are cool.
One thing I fail to understand is, why is it bad if someone absolutely loves tech and wants to just do that? It's like no one blames Wallstreet or LA for being too focused on finance, movies. SF bay area is for tech just like LA / NYC is for movies / finance. Yes, anything other than the mainstream is gonna be bland. If you inherently don't like tech work and you are here just for the money, you will find it boring.
https://www.teamblind.com/article/Why-is-the-Bay-area-so-ugly-DtBPks7h
Sex is something really important in your life.
Because socially the Bay Area is a bit of a cesspool
A bit? That is such under statement. What else is not upside down?
Seattle also has 2 tech giants
They are scared of stepping on hot fresh poo in SF