sunnyvale CA TC review

Dec 2, 2020 18 Comments

hey Guys, How's 150K base and 20% bonus in sunnyvale CA?#tc

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  • Google
    woloo

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    woloo
    You need to add your life situation (single vs married with 3 kids matters a lot). And TC too.
    Dec 2, 2020 4
    • NVIDIA / Data
      2.O

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      2.O
      You'll be able to manage. But don't think you'll be able to save a lot. Car plus house will cost you ~4000. Meaning you be having another 4000$ of disposable income for other stuff.
      Dec 2, 2020
    • Google
      woloo

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      woloo
      Yep, agree. It will be a fine life, assuming your spouse will do all the cooking and chores. But it's on a decently tight budget.

      Here are some sample calculations:
      - Rent and utilities for a 2b2b: 3.5k (it's lower now but will be up post covid for sure)
      - Car and insurance: 0.5k assuming you get a decent Japanese car
      - living expenses: 2k assuming a relatively non fancy lifestyle (not sure, don't have kids)

      That comes to a baseline of 6k/month or 72k a year. I would probably add another 8-10k annually as other expenses, paying for the flashy iPhone, discretionary crap and travel etc. So total expenses of 85k ish a year.

      Your in hand pay will probably be around 98k (from the salary) + 10k (bonus) so that leaves you with around 25k USD of savings a year.

      You can play around with the numbers a bit, example saving another 5-700 if you stay in a really cheap place or add another 300 a month if you want a better car etc.

      Hope this helps.

      Final parting wisdom, while 150k is certainly a decent salary in Sunnyvale, it's lower than the starting salary for new grads who share apartments and don't have any additional responsibilities. You have a triangle with the three vertices being a (1) decent lifestyle (2) savings and (3) distance from Sunnyvale. I would probably think of it in terms of that trade-off. If you are fine with compromising the other two and are Indian, Sunnyvale for sure is the most convenient place to live.
      Dec 2, 2020
  • Facebook
    merkletree

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    merkletree
    You'll be winning so much with that TC, you'll get tired of winning.
    Dec 3, 2020 0
  • VMware
    Wchz22

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    Wchz22
    Hate to burst your bubble but 180k can barely get you going in Sunnyvale.
    Dec 2, 2020 5
  • Oath
    DoinkClown

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    DoinkClown
    Why are people mocking him? And btw I'm scared with the replies. I'm 155k, single right now but will get married in a year or 2. If 180k is not enough, I really have to jump ship soon.
    Dec 3, 2020 0
  • VMware
    DosCommas

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    DosCommas
    Very good tc. Pretty high tbh
    Dec 2, 2020 0