My routine begging/plea to recruiters that contact me almost daily, trying to convince me to relocate back to the Bay Are from San Diego

So far. Not many companies have stepped up (yet)....I wish more of you would say the same thing...Maybe enough people said the same thing, more companies would actually step up....

Hi (Recruiter Name deleted),

I really appreciate you reaching out to me about opportunities at (CompanyX). (CompanyX) is a great company, and normally I would be interested. Unfortunately, I am currently live in San Diego and and not able to relocate back to the Bay Area at this time. It's the common problem that I have along with many of my other colleagues. I've been contacted by Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and other leading tech companies recently (and now I can add (CompanyX) :)). While my technical skills and background in both mobile and enterprise software engineering appears to be a highly desired skill among many employers, none of the employers so far have a location or opportunity that would allow me to remain in San Diego. It's really unfortunate, because in San Diego there is a pretty large talent pool of mobile developers, and we're all "stuck" with our local employers that have recently become "stale" that lack growth....For some of us that can, we try to commute to Orange County (about 1.5 hours away where Amazon and Google have an office) or even further to Los Angeles (2.5 hrs away, which has even greater opportunities from those mentioned companies). Off the top of my head, I think I know about 15-20 people that are in similar situations as me, and none of us can relocate......We're all hoping that one day some of the great companies in the Bay Area, such as your company (CompanyX), will explore the possibility of having more remote locations. For example, we're hoping Google's recent acquisition of a sensor company in San Diego will bring more opportunities to our area, especially since Google has publicized they plan on keeping this office location. We can only hope that in a few months from now, Google expands this group/division in San Diego and actually starts hiring people. Also, recently, Walmart's push into eCommerce and its attempt to go head-to-head with Amazon in eCommerce has opened a noticeable number of great opportunities in the enterprise software and mobile app space in Carlsbad: I guess, because they found a good talent pool here in San Diego to tap into. Fortunately, I've been lucky and have been able to secure a software position at (CompanyY), which has its entire software group here in San Diego, despite being headquartered in the Bay Area, due to the experience/expertise of the mobile talent down here. I also hope we continue to expand here too in the future and add more opportunities for others down here who are interested and looking. Anyway, if your company does have a future opportunity in San Diego, please do let me know. And if I do run into anyone that is interested in relocating, I will send them your contact information. Respectfully, AAAAA

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FWIW: I've never had a problem getting an offer from one of the firms, even with the 25+% adjustment. It's just after all said and done, I really can't relocate. Fortunately, I did find a company based in Silly Valley that chose to employ me in San Diego with near Silly Valley wages and comps....But then again, I'm very versatile software geek, unlike most of my peers that just know how to flip low level bits.

@happening, you are giving headhunters far too much credit. Most are complete morons, and need that contingency fee collection to make their next payment on a used Hyundai

What recruiter says: “oh, you have such good experience, you are a perfect fit, we are desperate to find someone like you, its so hard these days… just need to relocate to where the job is. I can get your resume in front of the hiring manager soon if you are interested”. What the recruiter was thinking: “What a dumb ass. I’ll call 20+ people today and at least 5 of them will be possible fits. This poor schlub is stuck in SD, but I’ll have plenty of other people that have some ambition to get up and take an interview and consider the job. Plus, these QC guys often don’t interview well because their jobs didn’t provide them with good skills and/or they are just stale. Yea, like I’m really going to suggest to my client that they open an office in that backwater city SD so I can lose recruitment fees, fat chance”. What recruiter then says : “ok, I understand, I’ll just keep you on file as I get offers in SD”. What recruiter thinks : “There are few jobs coming up in SD, Ill send this resume to the trash bin cause it isn’t worth my time”. What stupid engineer thinks : “ok, great, she will contact me when a job comes up, Im in luck”.

Oh, lord, this has been happening a couple of times per day for me. I've finally "trained" them about the difference between IT, sys/admin, and engineering jobs of the sort I'm qualified for. Then I finally start getting calls for the "perfect fit" jobs. One guy said: "It's in Southern California--near San Diego." I finally asked him to email the job description. It was in Sunnyvale, which is over 500 miles away. When the guy called back, he tried to assure me that it was close by. I'm like: "Dude, I used to live there! I'm not going back!" If only some of these firms would realize that they can hire the same quality talent for an average of $20,000 less per year per opening, due to cost of living difference, and it would be cheaper to open a branch in Sorrento Valley and have the workers here telecommute with the rest of the team in Silicon Valley.... Of course that makes too much sense.

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