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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    24·
    20 days ago

    And people wonder why I don’t move to work at these big tech hubs. I have lots of tech jobs in my area and most of them expect normal hours. As it turns out, I rarely work more than 40 hours, and most weeks I’m around 35.

    • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      20 days ago

      This isn’t the only guy hiring in SF. By and large the pay seems really good for below average effort.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        19 days ago

        Cost of living is insane though, and there’s way too much traffic for my liking, which would really impact my quality of life.

        I make around what the OP is talking about, work less than half as much, and my COL is way lower. I’ll just travel to CA if I feel like it, but I’m not interested in moving.

        • jonathan@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          19 days ago

          That’s a larger equation, and it sounds like it totally makes sense for you. I’ve been working remote to SF for 15 years and made the same choice you did. That experience has also let me see that the comp to effort ratio there is very very good.

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            19 days ago

            How’s the remote pay? I was under the impression that you get your pay adjusted based on where you live, so you wouldn’t make SF money of you live elsewhere.

            I did the math a while ago and I could probably make $100k or so more if I move there, but that would go almost entirely to COL and taxes, and I’d have to put up with SF traffic as well. And I have kids, so I’m unwilling to commute there (e.g. fly there for the weekdays).

            I’ve worked on site there (my company partnered with Facebook for a project, so I hung out with one of their teams), and I really didn’t like it. But I’ve heard a lot of people like it, so do what works I guess. My in-laws keep trying to convince me to move to SoCal, but that’s worse than SF to me.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      18 days ago

      Don’t take this idiot’s little company as the norm for the area. San Francisco scene is pretty chill.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        18 days ago

        That’s good to know.

        I figure I could probably find a good fit over there, but I honestly don’t like the area that much (mostly traffic and costs of things). Other people may not be as bothered by that though, so it could be a good fit.

        There are good and bad employers everywhere.

        • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          18 days ago

          I used to take the BART train to work In SF so traffic wasn’t a concern. Now I don’t commute at all!

          But I’m not trying to convince you to move here. Please don’t!

            • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              18 days ago

              I’m actually a native so my whole life is here. It’s more to me than a “what’s the cost of living and what’s the crime rate” calculation like so many seem to make when choosing a place to call home.

              I’d say the same about my area

              Ah but is this somewhere I have even thought about moving? ;D One nice thing about the SF Bay is that it draws interesting people from all over, and friends and family tend to stick around more often than other places I’ve lived. The “great California exodus” is all the rage in people’s minds this year but I have lived in a couple of places that everybody eventually moved away from if they could.