If you really work in a high tech, the idea of “laid back” doesn’t really matter.
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Got to go with what flu says, been in the biz for 30+ years.
There are only two modes no matter where you are located.
1) overworked.
2) soon to be unemployed .
Better to be where it is easy to find your next Gig (because YOU WILL NEED IT).[/quote]
I look at it this way… If some guy in Bangalore or Beijing can do 80% of your work at 1/8 of your cost… You better make sure that 20% edge you have is something the company really cares about OR you better be sportying an 8:1 efficiency over your overseas peers..Because pretty soon that will be your only differentiator…
Being in the Bay Area is one way to help you to stay at the top of the game..Afterall, that’s one place where a lot of incubation happens…There are other places as well…