Move to Bay area or not?

Jun 28, 2021 42 Comments

I have an offer from Facebook and wondering if it's a sensible choice to move to cali from NYC or take up jobs in other locations?

TC: 250 #software #engineering

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  • Amazon / Eng
    Kab1rSingh

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    Kab1rSingh
    You won’t be broke working as a SWE @ FAANG in America. Doesn’t matter where you live
    Jun 28, 2021 1
  • Dematic
    Deadpoool

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    Deadpoool
    I don’t know why people on blind always complain about being broke when the TC in Cali is pretty good. Are people really that bad with money?. No matter how much they make - they always complain. I get it if you are getting 100k or something in Bay Area which isn’t sufficient but that’s not the case for most people on blind looks like
    Jun 28, 2021 7
    • Google
      owqJ68

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      owqJ68
      Also OP, fang have private busses in the bay area with nice tables, chairs and wifi. They are free and go almost straight to your campus.
      Jun 28, 2021
    • @google 100k family of 4 in the bay does mean no savings. But that’s true for 100k In ANY metro area in the us. It’s moot for fangs tho as 250k is on the lower end for an experienced tech worker
      Jun 28, 2021
  • What are your goals ?
    Jun 28, 2021 2
    • OP
      Eventually buy house. More exposure to tech folk/companies. NYC is all good but 2 out of 10ppl you meet are in tech, so dating/conversations are all tangential
      Jun 28, 2021
    • I think if you lived in SF you would view this variety in people as a benefit and not a drawback. If your goal is to date / meet people I would strongly advise you not to move to the Bay Area
      Jun 28, 2021
  • Doing polls for these type of questions are pointless. Blind will always say Bay Area is the worse option. I think it’s because there is a concentration of users based in the bay and they think the grass is always greener elsewhere.

    Also blind is disconnected from reality and are very poor about managing money. Most fangs will pay above 250k on the lower end. That’s more than enough for a single person and doable for a family as well. The only thing that costs a lot here is housing and the rents isn’t significantly more than any other metro in the us. Compared to nyc it’s a wash.

    Most people don’t come here to buy a house right away. They come here to grow their income which the area offers more than anywhere else
    If you work in tech. There are countless stories of people getting faang or comparable job making 200k and in 5 years their comp is 500k if not more. Happens all the time and then housing options open up. If you don’t like it in a year or two go remote.
    Jun 28, 2021 9
  • NYC is more expensive than cali, how would you be broke? Is the tc lower?!
    Jun 28, 2021 3