don't forget to factor in taxes for cost of living: http://www.tax-rates.org/California/income-tax
you will probably be in the 10% bracket. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Steve Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Justin Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm contemplating a move to Silicon Valley would like to solicit some >> advice from the group about what it’s like to live there. My questions > >> to get into? Is it possible to find an affordable house near where the >> jobs are? If not and given the traffic, how far away would someone >> live from their job? Is California’s recent budget crisis affecting > > Relative to software developer wages, you can get housing. Your > expectations and needs may vary depending on who and what moves with > you (sounds as if that is going to be part of your evaluation). Ten > years ago I bicycled to work quite comfortably, year round (San Jose > to Los Gatos and later San Jose to Santa Clara) in both cases it was a > 25 minute commute unless I picked up a flat. > > My advice is to get the employment location worked out first. Make use > of your social network to ensure your compensation package is > appropriate for Bay Area cost of living. obviously. Cost of living is > so much higher, it can be easy to underestimate your expected Bay Area > Salary. Use Google Maps travel times to set up a 30 minute radius and > begin looking inside that range for housing that would meet your > needs. You may need to adjust the 30 minute travel budget based on > finances, school and daycare, and housing prices, but it gives an > excellent starting point. This isn't New York so you can reasonably > start from a 30 minute travel budget in your search and have a fairly > large sampling of housing options. > > -- > SteveL > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
