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Google Building Tech Center Near Portland

Posted by timothy on from the portland-sucks-tell-your-friends dept.

jdray writes "It seems that everyone's favorite search powerhouse, Google, is building a tech center in The Dalles, Oregon. About 45 minutes by interstate highway from Portland, The Dalles is a small, economically depressed city near the world-famous Columbia River Gorge. The $60,000 average annual salary of Google employees is about double the average for Wasco county. With all the outdoor sports (windsurfing, hiking, mountain biking, skiing) in the area, sports-minded geeks should be flocking to apply for a job at the new facility."

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  1. Welcome to GoogleRecruiting.com by HarryCaul · · Score: 5, Insightful


    Formerly known as slashdot.

    Seriously guys, it's getting to be a bit much.

    Google is a company with a nice product. That's about it.

  2. Re:$60,000 isn't that much by plalonde2 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    This idea that rural sourcing is good for employees is a fallacy.

    An anectode: a friend of mine was offered two faculty positions, one in a rural setting and one in a large city. The salary was a little higher in the large city. When the rural school argued "but homes here cost only $100k, but they cost $300k in the city" my friend answered: "then it's clear, I must accept the position in the city". "But why?" "Because in 20 years I'll have a $300k home, while in your town I'll be worth $100k plus some gadgets".

    If you can, spend your young years paying into a more expensive home, even (especially?) at some hardship to yourself. Your future self will have a substantially higher net worth in 10 years when comes time to relocate. Then you can go either to the country, or to an expensive city. But you can pretty much *never* move to the city from the country without starting another deep mortgage later in life.