Found a job in S.F., now to find an apartment.

I quit my job in Dallas about a month ago (July 15th) with the plan of moving to California. I talked about it for years and decided it was finally time. I started in San Diego but realized that San Diego doesn't have any big agencies and so the pay sucks. I didn't have any response from the companies I applied to in L.A. so I stayed with family in Santa Monica overnight and continued my journey North to San Francisco.

Here is a brief list of the companies I applied to:


It wasn't a surprise that I wasn't able to find a job in San Diego. I had searched google for "advertising agencies in city" and this was the result:

SF
13,156
LA
63,996
SD
4,486

I was surprised at the salaries offered in L.A. for what I do and also surprised that I only had a handful of phone interviews. It's not that I think I'm that good I just applied to a lot of companies. However, it has all worked out and now to decide where I want to live.


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Oakland is cheaper, but I'm not quite sure I want to live there. I may have to though.