[notyouravgdoge]

It's unclear to me whether the author meant two-plus hours one way or round trip (I think they meant one-way, but I'll address both cases).

If the author meant 2+ hours round trip: Lots of tech employees making 200k+ do this regularly. For example, driving from your house to the Fremont BART station and taking the train into downtown San Francisco can easily take 1 hour and 15 minutes one way.

If the author meant 2+ hours one way: There are affordable areas outside of San Francisco's borders that have a reasonable commute. This is especially true if you're willing to have roommates, although that would be more difficult if you have four children like one of the employees mentioned in the article. Oakland comes to mind - you can take the BART from Oakland to the Mission (where the restaurant in the article is located) in ~35 minutes.

While I do think that there is a housing issue in the Bay Area, I don't think the lines you quoted from the article are fair.