On Feb 20, 2008, at 12:05 PM, dave malouf wrote: > 2) Like what David Shaw said. You've gotta be nutz, coocoo, and just > insane to leave anyplace including NYC and move to SF unless you were > guaranteed something between $150k-$200k, and HUGE relocation package > upwards of $20-$30k. Having done relocates to both coasts I'm pretty > familiar with what it takes at this point.
Wow. I want to work where you work! Most interaction designers I know in the Bay Area don't make anywhere close to this amount. I'd say about half of this ($75-100k) is about average. I moved to SF in my mid-30s (with a family I should add) and yes, I won't be buying a house anytime soon, but if what's important to you is doing really interesting work surrounded by a high calibre interaction design community, the Bay Area is hard to beat. The access you get to some amazing people and companies (startups and giants alike) is almost unreal. In a few block radius from my office there is frog, Twitter, Yahoo labs, Cooper, Hot, IDEO, Six Apart, Technorati, Adobe, Nokia...the list goes on and on. Location still matters. Dan ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
