Comment by justfor1comment

As an engineer in the Bay Area I would recommend most startups to locate themselves outside the bay. Especially if they operate a low margins business. Rent is expensive and so are the employee salaries over here. I have many Bay Area startup recruiters reach out to me with rather interesting projects. However, a quick look at Glassdoor reveals that the liquid portion of the salaries they offer is so low that I would need to live in a trailer to work there.