According to some random cost of living calculator I just pulled up on google, I would need 150,000$ to live in SF based on my current salary, and that is a lateral move, are there dev jobs paying 2-300k in SV?
Yes. If your'e senior enough and are in a vertical that's in-demand enough, $200-300K is possible.
That being said, don't trust cost of living calculators, they are full of crap. Go on Padmapper and really scope out the cost of housing in your area. If you really are thinking about it, fly there and look at the actual costs of things.
Taking the mean/median of anything when it comes to cost of living just means you have a systemic way of calculating a number that has no relevance to reality.
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According to some random cost of living calculator I just pulled up on google, I would need 150,000$ to live in SF based on my current salary, and that is a lateral move, are there dev jobs paying 2-300k in SV?
Yes. If your'e senior enough and are in a vertical that's in-demand enough, $200-300K is possible.
That being said, don't trust cost of living calculators, they are full of crap. Go on Padmapper and really scope out the cost of housing in your area. If you really are thinking about it, fly there and look at the actual costs of things.
Taking the mean/median of anything when it comes to cost of living just means you have a systemic way of calculating a number that has no relevance to reality.