The bay area is the center of the universe, well, for my people. I think living here and needing a part-time job to pay the bills (part-time jobs pay twice as much here as anywhere else, btw) is a better choice than moving to the midwest, or even Sacramento.
Right, I agree. Pick an undesirable part of the bay area thats cheap, get a motorcycle, etc.
But I don't really agree with a part time job. A part time computer job anyway, will totally kill your focus. There is something big to be said for full timing it. It sounds like he's talking about saving to go full time out of the US, and the bottom line is that he can do the same thing by living in poverty IN the US - and still have access to the networks in the bay area.
depending on what you are doing (and who you can hire, and what you can charge for your time) I think working part-time sometimes makes a lot of sense.
