[balaji1]

Coasting is fine. Right?

Dunno if you are bay area. The blog article is mostly about SF, but his points about work culture might apply to the broader bay area. Maybe issues like safety and cleanliness are better in other parts. Practically, for younger folks, "American dream" has to be realized in the big cities and they all probably have a similar story to SF.

Weren't tech companies historically in the San Jose area ie "Silicon Valley"? SF is relatively new on the "tech" scene.

Also the blog author's moving to Miami, he's gonna coast at the beach.

[giantg2]

Not in that area. Other than the safety and cleanliness the rest is pretty universal. Merit, hard work, etc has gotten be no where. I make under $100k and support a family. Coasting is not good in this situation, but I don't have any good options.

[balaji1]

I feel you.

Thoughts on getting another gig or contract work? There seems to be plenty of software work that can be done remotely. Maybe you can coast thru 2 jobs.

[giantg2]

Nah, I'll just do one. There are about 3-4 hours of meeting most days. If km going to go through that kind of stress or juggling, then I might as well try to find a good job.