Seattle is the best city in the world to grow your net worth as a software engineer. Thanks to no state tax and high salaries and large big tech presence. Then probably is Austin. For similar reasons, although lower salaries. But also lower cost of living. Then is SF Bay Area, NYC and Zurich. Then smaller tech hubs in the US and some cities in Europe. India nowadays offers good saving rates for big tech SWEs. Maybe not worth it to leave the country anymore? Anyway, for the complete ranking, also based on seniority and lifestyle, check www.codecapitals.com
Would your career be capped in Seattle if you are one of the brightest folks, for average folks maybe there’s no difference between Seattle and Bay Area
I think for most folks at this point there’s no difference unless you want to go the startup route
I would say NYC would actually be number 3 due to not having to own a car (assuming you have a car in Seattle and Austin). Only thing that sucks about NYC is cost of living.
Rent in NYC is crazy
It is, but your transportation costs are significantly lower which is why I put it at number 3, not 1 or 2. Also, you can always get a roommate to decrease your housing costs to Bay Area numbers (or potentially cheaper depending on where in NYC).
Yikes
Probably rural Ohio or something, but there’s plusses and minuses to anywhere….
NYC is not a good place to grow your wealth as a SWE ...high taxes, high rent, insane house cost...you get a piece of garbage here for brand new house money in Seattle. Also overall everything is more expensive... quality of life not good here but it is fun
yeah not the best for NW but not bad all things considered. actually pretty good
Meh, I would say it really depends on what stage of life you're in. If you're in your 20s, you can live in a cheap apartment with roommates while getting near Bay Area pay with cheap transportation costs, which will help you build your NW quickly.
All AI startups and chip companies are in Bay Area
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Is lack of sunshine for years together worth it?
Hehe. Also I think boring af city from what I’ve heard unless you’re into outdoor life and/or quite family life
Outdoor is fine for weekends, on a day to day basis no sunshine is a downer!