{"id":810,"date":"2013-03-21T19:01:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T03:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isaac.browdy.net\/?p=810"},"modified":"2013-03-21T19:01:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T03:01:38","slug":"viva-en-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/isaac.browdy.net\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"Viva (en) Las Vegas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SolarCity, the company where I have worked for almost two years now, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/100580022\">expanding into Las Vegas, Nevada<\/a>.\u00a0 Our headquarters in San Mateo, CA is overflowing and several departments will be expanded into the new office.\u00a0 As part of that expansion, they are offering some great incentives to get existing employees out there to spread the culture and help get a critical mass from Day 1.<\/p>\n<p>Well, my department is one that is expanding.\u00a0 Jenny and I thought a lot about it and have decided to accept the offer to move.<\/p>\n<p>It makes a lot of sense for us for a lot of reasons.\u00a0 The biggest reason is that, between real estate prices in Vegas being amazingly low right now and the incentives being offered by SolarCity, we will be living quite comfortably out there.\u00a0 We can get a beautiful, large home in a safe, quiet neighborhood with good schools.\u00a0 We can send Isaac to all the additional schooling and lessons he needs or wants.\u00a0 We can provide him the opportunity to grow up without us worrying whether we&#8217;re going to be able to make rent after repairing the car.<\/p>\n<p>We can do all this on my salary alone, but Jenny does still want to work.\u00a0 She decided to interview at SolarCity and has been offered a position as well!<\/p>\n<p>I just got back from a scoping trip with about 30 co-workers and I&#8217;m even more excited now that I have a better idea of what the real Las Vegas (the part off the strip) is all about.\u00a0 Jenny and I are now pre-approved for a home loan and will be flying out there for another scoping trip in the next few weeks.\u00a0 The move should happen before June 1 (though the date isn&#8217;t finalized yet).<\/p>\n<p>We are both really excited about this move and all the opportunities it will provide.\u00a0 We are going to miss the Bay Area, but we&#8217;re looking forward to this adventure!\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/adventure\/relocating\/best-places-to-live-2007\/las-vegas\/las-vegas-nevada.html\">Speaking of adventure, check this out!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 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