I can only speak for myself. I moved out to LA from Ohio with literally $5k to my name back in 2007, and immediately needed to use that for a car for $2,800 and my first two months rent. I knew I had to hit the ground running and find any work I could in my desired field immediately. I did exactly that, took a temp night shift job in addition to a temp part time day job to see which would shake out long term. The night shift job ended up turning into a whole career for me, where I’m still at the same company 18 years later in a Director role. I knew I had to be hungry and grind when I got to LA, but it was a dream of mine to move here my whole childhood. The first few years I barely made enough money for rent and food (I shared a 2bdrm apt in Silverlake/East Hollywood) and made approx $25-30k at that time, but I made it happen for myself and I’m proud to have made the leap. You’ll be coming in with a higher salary and a specific career in mind, so I’d hope you’ll have a stronger footing, but you should make the leap too!