>Google and Facebook are expanding up here because there's so much talent that simply won't move to the bay
I think a lot of that is driven by Amazon, because they built the downtown offices. People get used to working downtown and they want to stay there. Easy commutes from Capitol Hill/QA/etc.
Now Facebook is expanding downtown, Google Fremont is growing, etc. because people refuse to commute to the east side.
As opposed to the Valley, where your options are (except for Twitter and mostly startups)
1) Work in the valley, and live the suburbs. Yuck. Pay a billion dollars for the privlege.
2) Work in the valley and live in SF. Pay a billion^2 dollars for the privilege, and have a shit commute (sitting on a private bus is still sitting on a bus).
No thanks.
That being said, I went to Case Western and would move back to Cleveland in a heartbeat, if the salaries and opportunities were even remotely comparable to Seattle.
> and would move back to Cleveland in a heartbeat, if the salaries and opportunities were even remotely comparable to Seattle.
At some point you might decide you don't need to jump from company to company, or from job to job. You'll realize you really only need a good job at a decent company. And there's a good chance that such a job exists in Cleveland, or Dallas, or Charlotte, or wherever.
At times, you might feel like you're missing out on the action. But then you'll look at your bank account or your house or your kid's college fund, which hasn't been being sucked dry by a ridiculously inflated cost-of-living, and you'll come back to your senses.
I think a lot of that is driven by Amazon, because they built the downtown offices. People get used to working downtown and they want to stay there. Easy commutes from Capitol Hill/QA/etc.
Now Facebook is expanding downtown, Google Fremont is growing, etc. because people refuse to commute to the east side.
As opposed to the Valley, where your options are (except for Twitter and mostly startups)
1) Work in the valley, and live the suburbs. Yuck. Pay a billion dollars for the privlege.
2) Work in the valley and live in SF. Pay a billion^2 dollars for the privilege, and have a shit commute (sitting on a private bus is still sitting on a bus).
No thanks.
That being said, I went to Case Western and would move back to Cleveland in a heartbeat, if the salaries and opportunities were even remotely comparable to Seattle.