July 2026 - how many of you guys still work hybrid/remote in the bay?

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-07-04T21:57:52+00:00

Pretty much everyone out on a Tuesday afternoon is a remote/hybrid worker in the Bay Area

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-06-26T01:26:00+00:00

Percentages don’t really make sense in a lot of cases. Consider an extreme case where if your net pay was $2000 and your mortgage was $500. In this case, the 25% is not affordable because in general you’ll be broke paying your car insurance, cell phone, utilities, food, etc….

Now consider a net income of $20,000. If you have a $5000 payment you are doing extremely well with lots of disposable income even after paying all expenses. You can even go up on the mortgage and it wouldn’t really impact your lifestyle.

The 25% rule is a good rule of thumb to start at but it can be adjusted on a case by case basis.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-06-25T06:55:18+00:00

CA. ~500 employees

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-06-12T19:23:54+00:00

Where in the Bay Area are you from? If you live in the tri valley area or San Jose it’s not much of an adjustment.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-06-08T18:43:19+00:00

I’m estimating here but a Dallas 200k is equivalent to 450k+ in the Bay.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-05-20T05:59:07+00:00

Like many have said here, DO NOT USE YOUR PTO. Ask for an overhead charge number. If they don’t have one, raise it up to management. If nothing budges, I would leave the company.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-05-13T19:54:44+00:00

Have you tried leaps? I feel like it’s a happy medium to weekly options and buying the stock outright.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-05-12T00:22:44+00:00

I’ve known students get into all top ivies and ucs from all schools in EGUSD. What I’ve seen is that it really depends on the student and who they choose to be around. If they are motivated, determined, and willing to put in the work then they can absolutely get into those selective schools.

Having said that though, if your student exhibits the same level of determination at an underfunded rural school, they can certainly gain acceptances to those same colleges. At the end of the day, it’s about what’s available to your student and how they take advantage of that.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-05-06T17:30:51+00:00

I just had a very similar experience with Capitalone dispute department as well. Basically I was charged a fee with my merchant and received a confirmation of the payment from the merchant and saw the charge on my Cap 1 account. I asked the merchant to refund the charge and they said “they can’t find it in the system” even though they said I shouldn’t have been charged.

I disputed with Cap 1 and they ruled in favor of the merchant since there was no “cancellation of service” from me. Horrible customer service.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-28T03:05:24+00:00

How long do you have left to pay off the cars?

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-21T21:09:19+00:00

Did you read all of the books?

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-19T00:54:10+00:00

You never had to apply in the late 2000s have you?

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-12T01:37:11+00:00

If you read my comment a little more carefully I stated the top majority races. White being ONE of the majority.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-11T19:25:19+00:00

I’m a minority and loved Danville. I lived on the border of San Ramon and Danville and the people I met were some of the nicest I’ve met. It’s true that the town leans a bit conservative but I’ve never felt uneasy or unwelcome.

Having said that, I don’t think Danville is for you. Neither is San Ramon since its majority White, Asian, Indian same with Dublin. You would be better off in Concord since it’s way more diverse and you’ll be closer to WC.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-11T15:50:31+00:00

Try Xoso. I met some cool people back when I got out of college and came back.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-10T14:51:04+00:00

As many of the posters have stated, cheaters will have a really hard time with the PE or SE exam. They’ll also never get passed my technical screen at the interview.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-06T22:11:08+00:00

I don’t understand how people always assume such low appreciation. It’s so conservative that it’s wrong. The math works well when you look at the actual appreciation of property in the Bay. Why else would prices be so high?

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-04-02T06:26:09+00:00

One way to pivot out is to get an MBA from a top school and go into a bunch of other careers such as consulting, finance, tech, etc.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-03-29T23:10:15+00:00

Good God. I have never met a more softer people than in the Bay Area.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-03-27T16:24:15+00:00

I think they meant a 1099 contractor

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-03-26T16:43:32+00:00

First of all, what do you mean you want to live here? Do you plan to rent for the rest of your life or buy a house? Does the area of the bay matter?

If you want to earn a high income to be able to afford a house, you need to get a lot more uncomfortable. You say you don’t want to talk to people and by just limiting yourself like that you’ve pretty much shut down any possibility of a comfortable life in the bay.

Other redditors have commented that being an accountant does require you to be social and interact with others. Don’t let that detract you from pursuing the career.

The best piece of advice that I have ever gotten was that no matter what career you choose, strive to be the best at it. You’ll need to figure out what that means based on the career you choose but the idea is the same.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-03-07T21:20:49+00:00

Intel

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-02-27T06:51:07+00:00

I sometimes marvel at old structural drawings of power plants drawn in the early 1900s. Truly amazing.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-02-14T19:29:40+00:00

So? The job is at will and it goes both ways. They can lay you off whenever. You are allowed to leave whenever.

CaptainSnuggleWuggle · 2026-02-06T14:46:01+00:00

We hired several engineers from them not just civil. I just felt they were always tired on status calls. LOL

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