My rent did nearly triple AND i went a little down-market from the high-end condo I had in FL.
But my other expenses didn't increase more than 50%.
At the same time, my salary without including options is 85% higher. Including options (I work at a somewhat recently IPOd company) is 122% higher.
My wifes salary -- she's not really in tech -- also increased 25%.
In total, we are far better off financially now than in Florida. And to be clear: In florida my income was a multiple of the median HHI. I was not underpaid there.
Most importantly, though: I can't swing my vintage IBM XT without hitting a half dozen job offers. Seriously every experienced engineer here gets pitched via LinkedIn on the regular.
I'm not trying to sell you on it. But the way you wrote your comment, "romantic notions" and all, was a little condescending. As if it's some foolish thing. Like you have all these analytically minded engineering types going like lemmings.
We may move at some point to another tech-heavy city like Austin or Boulder or, ya know, whatever. But as techy as those places are, truly NO other place can compare to the density of startups and tech companies here.
My rent did nearly triple AND i went a little down-market from the high-end condo I had in FL.
But my other expenses didn't increase more than 50%.
At the same time, my salary without including options is 85% higher. Including options (I work at a somewhat recently IPOd company) is 122% higher.
My wifes salary -- she's not really in tech -- also increased 25%.
In total, we are far better off financially now than in Florida. And to be clear: In florida my income was a multiple of the median HHI. I was not underpaid there.
Most importantly, though: I can't swing my vintage IBM XT without hitting a half dozen job offers. Seriously every experienced engineer here gets pitched via LinkedIn on the regular.
I'm not trying to sell you on it. But the way you wrote your comment, "romantic notions" and all, was a little condescending. As if it's some foolish thing. Like you have all these analytically minded engineering types going like lemmings.
We may move at some point to another tech-heavy city like Austin or Boulder or, ya know, whatever. But as techy as those places are, truly NO other place can compare to the density of startups and tech companies here.