996 is already the norm at places like Facebook and Amazon (stack ranking means you have to work the same number of hours to deliver similar results as your overworking colleagues).

There are far fewer tech companies that pay as well as ByteDance (aka TikTok) -- by that, I mean 95th percentile of market pay -- but DON'T have these kinds of working hours. Google is one of the rare exceptions.

If you want to actually be able to afford a house in the Bay Area, your options are limited.