Amazon 300k tc Seattle Google 300k tc Bay Area I have been in Bay Area so wanted to move out for sometime now. Alongside career, dating and social life is important to me and it has been horrible out here to say the least, tried team matching for google nyc but most of the interest came from Bay Area teams, if it was google nyc it would have been a no brainer. So the question is with the offer is Sf/Santa Cruz living + commute for google better than amazon Seattle ? Amazon team is also a pretty high visibility team.
Seattle dating isn’t much better. The CoL is almost as bad but you get none of the upsides of the Bay Area. I moved up here to Seattle for a year and hated it. Moving back next month.
This. Sure money goes further in SEA and rent is cheaper.. but it's also dreary AF 40-50 degrees every day and no chicks in sight... so unless you move with a SO or spouse, beware man..
Exactly. WA is for breeders looking for grazing pasture. Not for young single up and coming professionals who want to actually accomplish shit.
Dude the amazon offer is worth a lot more. No state income tax in Washington (vs 13.3% in California), and rent is like 40% less
and hourly?
I prefer SF, but Seattle is better than the rest Bay Area. 300k in Seattle is way more money: no state income tax, and you can rent across the street from work for less than $2,000 for a 1bdr/studio. Darth G works at MS, so he probably works in Redmond / Bellevue. Seattle is different. Google is a bigger boost on your resume. IDK about the dating scene, since I was already married when I moved here, but most of my teammates were able to find a SO after moving here.
You really can’t rent anything for less than $2k for 1 bedroom across the street, more like $2.8k-3.4k
What level in Amazon?
Really? Why? It’s beautiful, great nature, yet seems like it’s endured having its culture and art ruined by the techies
Why do you say that, I go to sc often and like the beach vibe and people seem friendly too
Ask for google NY !
Doesn't Google have a huge NYC presence? Can't you just wait till you match to a NYC team?
Google! Amazon is wacky!