re: Currently laid off from oilfield related job, time to move?

Can you do new job remotely? I think many employers/employees are finding that to be possible in this situation and I’m sure you being single no kids you’d have no reason you couldn’t match productivity WFH long term.

Move man. Can always come back.
If you can sell the house do it. Renting will leave you on the hook if no one rents and you still owe $$ on mortgage.

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You could easily save 40-50k if you live a moderate life style

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No chance. City and state taxes will be around 35%. That leaves OP with $85k. Let's say he spends $2,500 per month just on housing. He is now down to $4,500 per month take home. Then you've got food, insurance, student loans, car payment, extraneous spending. He won't be starving, but he sure as shite aint saving $40-50k

Take it without thinking twice. It could be a great job or can open doors to other opportunities.

Agreed. I’m just laughing at all of these responses from people who have no idea what they’re talking about acting like with $130k as a single man he’ll basically be living in a van down by the river.

How you gonna tell me when I'm living in the motherfricking area. I was saving 35k on 100k when I first got there. You listing high end shite like apartments to justify your bullshite narrative when I'm paying $1625 in the Willow Glen area for a 1 one bedroom 500 sq ft apartment. Then you over here listing petty shite some recent graduate would have when the man already spent 15 years in the oilfield and is established. Total income tax is about 30%. His extra 30k is going to go a long way. How bout you stick to assessing cost of living for Opelousas LA instead of a place you could never make it in.

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I am mid career. Engineering degree/MBA. Have the itch for moving to northern California. My anxiety is around my three kids. Did you have yours while living out there?

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My kids are 4 and 2. We had them a few years after we moved out here. Both my wife and I are in our mid-late 30s now. Note that housing in good public school districts here are ridiculously expensive. You will certainly need two incomes/both spouses working (making $300K together at the minimum) to lead a relatively comfortable life style with owning a home with a yard in a good school district and having 3 kids.

Not sure what your wife does, but for you with an engineering degree + MBA, it shouldn't be too hard to find opportunities out here to make the type of money that I mentioned above, especially if you can get into one of the FAAMNGs, as they usually tend to pay more than other companies.

My recommendation to anyone trying the move out here is to rent for a couple of years to get the lay of the land and the opportunities and then decide for yourself if this is indeed the place for you long term.

Given your family situation, you certainly have to think hard before making the jump. For someone that's single like the other poster, its a no brainer to at least try it out for a few years with almost no downside. It is a great way to check out a new part of the country with great career opportunities that has quick access to unparalleled diversity of natural beauty - you have mountains/snow/Lake Tahoe 3.5 hours to the north east, Yosemite to east, beaches and surfing about an hour to the West along the pacific shoreline.

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I also had a full time job when I was 14 and I've been working ever since. This is the longest I've ever gone without a job.

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Full time job at 14? I'm sorry your parents hated you

It says here the average income in Silicon Valley is 140,000 a year LINK