[pconner]

If anything, I think it would be worse outside. Crazy perk culture is mostly associated with bay area companies. Other areas have cheaper costs of living, which may help reduce stress, but bay area companies have better base salaries to compensate, and they tend to provide better stock options/grants than companies based in other areas.

[mooseburger]

Well, I'm a software developer with three years of experience in Puerto Rico. It hasn't been too bad so far. There isn't an expectation that one will regularly work 12 hour days or something, though of course there is crunch time.