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Dan8267 says

I've heard that the cost of living, especially real estate, in San Fransisco is so high that even $150k/yr doesn't qualify you for a single family house. Don't know if that's true, though.

Two incomes should get you into a condo.

CL says

What do you think they consider "high-tech" for these types of reports?

Data entry... On a TRS80.

New Renter says

CL says

What do you think they consider "high-tech" for these types of reports?

Data entry... On a TRS80.

Data entry won't give you 196K even in the valley.

gsr says

New Renter says

CL says

What do you think they consider "high-tech" for these types of reports?

Data entry... On a TRS80.

Data entry won't give you 196K even in the valley.

Data entry on a HAL 9000 will.

gsr says

New Renter says

CL says

What do you think they consider "high-tech" for these types of reports?

Data entry... On a TRS80.

Data entry won't give you 196K even in the valley.

According to this most "High Tech" jobs won't either:

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Industry=High-Tech/Salary#by_City

Seriously, how much cherry picking did these hacks have to do to come up with $196k AVERAGE high tech salary in SV?

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Ahhh, that explains it.