Spoken like an HNer who is incredibly lucky to be working in a field that has never-ending demand, and is probably good at their job.
Just a heads up that the majority of people are not in your/our situation with regards to their employment.
Just a heads up that the majority of people are not in your/our situation with regards to their employment.
I don't know why every time a discussion about work or employment comes up we feel the need to have these tautological discussions about how some people have it easier than others. It's only a matter of time until we get a sub-thread of Europeans discussing how insane it is that Americans don't get 65 days of vacation every year, and a few off-topic healthcare rants then I think the cycle will be complete for this thread.
the same reason that this thread is posted and re-posted at all. both of these things are cultural memes: the people complaining about work and the people relishing work. nothing in any of these threads is ever novel.
So yeah, go us. Our gig gets better over time, while it appears that others don't.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905
People 35 and over, are somewhat likely to have families and find it difficult to relocate.
There are a lot of places where you get a job in this industry faster than you can say "Software Engineer", so it's definitely not only a Bay Area thing. NY/Berlin/London are just as bad from personal experience and as a rough estimate every city above 1mil population, is probably not too different.
From your list that leaves Berlin.
Few other towns have the density and variety of startups that the Bay Area has to be honest.
This is about ease of finding a job in the field, and startups are not the only employers there.
Saying things like "embrace no job security" is something most people simply cannot afford to do.