It’s not just that... the state has trouble keeping power on. Taxes are high, homeless are everywhere. How are the taxes i pay helping my family?
As a person in tech, I can work remotely from anywhere. Why would I want to move back to SF.
As a person in tech, I can work remotely from anywhere. Why would I want to move back to SF.
When going out, you could easily meet people working for those, and get a foot in the door, as you may have made already a positive initial impression in a casual environment.
Remotely, you will compete with a much larger pool of people.
It's not just that, you actually can't avoid them. If you write software and are walking someplace in a commercial part of San Francisco, basically every conversation you overhear is one you could immediately join in on.
Breaking up the clump is probably healthy for everyone involved.
Prop 13 is over $30B per year -- that's 4x the NSF and 7B more than NASA. California could have it's own NASA!
You're confusing CA with TX.
I used to live in Anza Valley (Riverside County), where the local co-op lost power at least once per month.
California do not have reliable power. California utilities have been charged with various felonies. California utilities had previously been allowed, by the state government, to increase rates without requiring routine maintenance to power and gas infrastructure.
I even personally know some people who worked on the grid. They told me the regulations keep them replacing decades old part designs because they’re the only ones approved.
The reality is California’s government is both incompetent and corrupt. Businesses are owned by the politicians in many cases, so you can’t really distinguish.
Convicted of federal felonies, in at least PG&Es case, both in the San Bruno gas explosion and the more recent fires.
Company may ask you to.