[mbesto]

Two key considerations:

- Does the company (and it's investors/accelerators) have some sort of prestige that many people outside of the company would recognize? (i.e. if you put it on your resume will it look good later)

- Ignore equity at this point (as the chances of it really paying off massive dividends are unrealistically low). Is $130k range in line with what you expect to earn?

(note - $130k is comfortably livable in pretty much anywhere in the SF Bay area)

[Domenic_S]

> (note - $130k is comfortably livable in pretty much anywhere in the SF Bay area)

That depends on a ton of things.

[mbesto]

Care to elaborate?

[Domenic_S]

Sure.

People have wildly differing opinions of what "comfortably livable" means.

To me, sharing an apartment without a dishwasher is not comfortably livable. A decent apartment anywhere between SF & SJ will run ~$3k or more, and $130k is ~$6k/mo after tax (this is assuming single, no mortgage, no kids). Minus another probably $1k for student loans, another $1k for retirement or home purchase savings, that leaves $1k/month to live on.

The numbers are rough, but my point is you can either "live comfortably" and spend everything, or live like a spartan and save money.

To someone without attachments (no spouse, no kids, young) this probably is living comfortably and it's a boatload of money. To someone else paying for childcare for a couple kids and trying to get into a good school district, it's not so comfortable.

There are certainly ways to hack the system, most notably to live somewhere outside the RBA (Morgan Hill, Petaluma, Concord/Antioch/etc). The Bay Area can be your oyster at $130k, but only if you have no monthly obligations but your own breath.

[btilly]

Here is an example.

Do you have children and an ex-wife?