200k in Houston VS. 300k in San Francisco, which gets you further?

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OP - I moved to Cali for $30K more than what I could have made in Dallas. Initially I felt like I did a mistake but within 3 years I changed two jobs and started making twice as much. Two years fast forward, I made Partner and make 5 times as much. I don’t think I would had such accelerated growth if I lived in Dallas. So you have to take future opportunities into consideration as well before making your decision.

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P1 and SC1 spot on. When i moved to NYC, my otherwise identical career went into overdrive in many ways, the big market areas simply give you more social engineering, bigger opportunities, and overall can put your career on a rocket ship in so many intangible ways.

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Houston. Additional bonus, Houston has lower levels of human feces on the sidewalk.

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I went from $250K in SF to $180K in Houston and feel richer now (with a similar savings $ amount per month)

Houston, but then you’d have to live in Texas.

Ok, let’s pause if a reality check. Both of those salaries are bonkers high for 99.99% of the world. It’s not always about the money. You can live very happily on either salary, do where do you want to live? CA or TX?

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