Miami is growing quickly as a major tech hub in the US. Mostly everything is still remote. Which would you choose if you’re single and early in your career? TC 300 YOE 2
Which tech is in Miami ?
If you’re a single male, Miami for sure.
Absolutely more plentiful and attractive women in Miami. The dating scene can be rough tho. Culturally it’s flashier and more superficial than Bay Area. If you’re a rapper and look like Pitbull, u will be in high demand
It's just cliquey here for locals.
Stick to Bay Area is you want to get the most of your career in tech during the early years. I grew up in MIA and it was great all throughout the partying years (16-25). I was happy to move to the West Coast later on and get a chance to build up some reputation + knowledge and TC by working at FAANG and startups. Some day, I may go back to FL to take things slow again and chill. Until then, perfectly happy going for vacation to visit whenever I can.
Start career in Bay Area and move to Miami or whichever place becomes major tech hub in future. Otherwise you will end up with low income waiting indefinatly for Miami to become major tech hub.
Is it really possible to bring high Bay Area TC to lower COL cities like Miami though? Say you have 500k TC in the Bay. Doesn’t that convert to like 250k when you move to Miami?
Yes that’s accurate.
Early in career the Bay Area for the opportunities and the time it takes to build a network. Social life would be far better in Miami (or NY) but that’s the price you’ll pay for a higher career trajectory
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Don’t buy into the hype that Miami becoming a major tech hub
I'm guessing you don't have a 300k tc at Intuit, right?
Lol