People in San Diego
How much do you save annually? What is your TC? Is 100K enough to live well and not worry about bills? New Grad looking to relocate, TC: 100K
where u working as new grad (assuming you’re single) 100k is plenty but also depends on where you’re gonna live/how much on rent. 1bd/1ba is >2400 somewhere nice, which could limit your save rate. low end of 1bd/1ba is ~1400-1800. btw you definitely need a car unless you live&work downtown
what are the desirable neighborhoods?
basically neighborhoods west of the 5 (but south of the 78) are the more expensive neighborhoods
Yes you will be fine.. with family, double it
100k new grad TC is above average across all swe jobs in SD. Typical is prob 60-80k here for new grads. There are some bigger companies that will pay a new grad 130k+ tc, intuit/amazon/goog comes to mind. Interviews will be SV style LC though. Outside of those bigger companies hard to find jobs that pay more than 130-140kTC even for senior level IC. Top pay for senior level ic is prob 160k at these smaller companies. Lead and management can get more though TC 130k+options 7yoe
qcom pays just around 100k for new grad, aapl pays more than 100k for new grad and is in the top tier with goog/amazon
If single yes.