Just got offered a full time gig in Mountain View the mid 90s in terms of yearly salary. I'm pulling a little over 100 in NYC as a contractor. The gig in CA, is something I'd like to do on a personal level so it has a bit more weight to it than just money.

Curious what your guys opinion of that salary is. The cost of living is vastly different in computation from my own. So, an assessment of "that could be tough" to "you will be eating caviar from golden slabs while steve wozniak ferries you goblets of faygo from your walk in sub zero mansion" would be really helpful.

I was considering staying in San Francisco at least in the beginning as I am very much a child of mass transit and getting my road legs up to snuff will take a little time. As will buying a car. Plus I'd like to live there for a bit.

I hear the commute from SF to Mountainview is a little above an hour. Depending on the location in SF. I am allergic to bullets and stabbings, so I would like to avoid any location where these things are considered culturally acceptable forms of communication. I have put ZERO effort into finding a location, but will lean on friends for advice.

Was just curious if I should be asking for more. Is that a competitive rate for a systems engineering role in the area. I don't care about being lifestyles of the rich and famous, but I don't want to be stranded in a difficult situation.

Thanks for any advice.