Current making TC 175k in San Diego. Core team and with NXP just went through the company seems to get better? If i move to the Bay? how much more money is worth it?
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Not worth it. I miss PB, the weather, and great Mexican food. I’m only back in the Bay bc my parents and in laws want to spend time with my baby. Forgot to mention traffic is horrible.
I’d never advise moving from San Diego.
SD is a good as it gets in CA. Safer, cheaper, more exposure to people who aren't in tech, far superior Mexican food, way better gender balance (if you're straight and single and that matters), much better proximity to LA and Mexico for getaways, and the best weather in the state. At any age / life stage, SD wins. And this comes from someone who spent 20 years in LA and SF.
I would say if you are young and ambitious, don't start out working in SD in tech. Qualcomm was/is the only major game in town for tech and maybe Intuit and a recent small office of Amazon. Don't count the satellite offices of Huawei, Samsung that are there only because of Q, minor offices of Broadcom, Intel, and dead offices of Nokia, Sony. And don't get me started on the defense contractors. You are handicapping your TC from the start because of the lower cost geo. This is from someone who also lived and worked in SV, SD, LA, for at least 4 years each. If you are a family guy, by all means stay in SD if you still have a job with Q. The housing prices and shit schools here will make you cry.
Don't
What other options do we have between stuck at qualcomm for life (until they pay you off) or move to bay area to get competative salary? Any other cities with good tech traction ?
Seattle, but sweet mother of donuts, anyone from San Diego will not want to live through the winters here. Or spring. Or really anything but June through early September, when it's the best place in the world
Can confirm, miss the San Diego weather, but don't miss lackluster tech opportunities
how is Illumina compensation?
Why are you dying at Illumina?
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The bright eyed folks itching to come to the Bay don't notice the jaded people looking to leave. Grass isn't always greener but everyone needs to learn through personal experience.
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