First, being out of work or in a low paying job would not be sufficient enough reason for me to pack my bags and move to LA. I am trying to raise a family and LA isn't the place I would want to do it. I expect, and this is just a guess, that the majority of the folks that would be interested in moving to take a job with your company will be young and/or single.

This is not the dot com boom era. Folks that have good jobs want to hold on to them. Change means risk and risk is scary. Even if you were two towns over I would be hesitant to leave my current employer even if you were offering more money.

Personally, salary is not even in the top 3 considerations for me anymore in selecting a job. Number one is time off. This isn't just the amount of vacation or sick time or personal days. It is also the ability to take the time. Besides the company retirement plan, I have a personal elective program that the company will match up to 5% in addition to the regular retirement plan.

The last thing that I think would have to consider long and hard about is what would I be accomplishing by changing jobs. As you know from our personal conversations, I code perl for fun and work is just a means of paying the bills. If I were to code professionally, I would want to know what I was doing had some meaning - some value. This may sound corny but it's true.