Hey, BostonAndOC_RE, it’s time for you to move from Boston and back to SoCal, where the real action is happening: “…For the first year ever, (venture) capital investment in Southern California surpassed the total amount invested in New England in 2006…”
The movement from Boston to SoCal is probably due to those ridiculous software engineer salaries that you cite. Time to move from the soon-to-be-countryside/sticks/veritable West Virginia back to where the action is happening, guy.