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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by bsbechtel on Monday February 29, 2016 @02:38PM (#11197741)
>>If anything, we've seen recent evidence that SV salaries are "deflated" compared to other industries and areas of the country, due to collusion, frequent targeted hiring of very young, often naive grad, inflated time at work, etc.

Conversely, they're also being propped up by the massive amount of VC money at play there, which is driving an arms race for programming talent not seen elsewhere around the country. I'm not saying you're wrong about your point about collusion, but there are multiple factors at play there.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by ghaff on Monday February 29, 2016 @03:07PM (#11198008)
It's also the case that going back decades, moving to very high cost of living areas like Manhattan and Silicon Valley has tended to result in paying out relatively more for housing than salaries tend to increase. Yes, the situation today is particularly bad but such places have long been something of a "luxury location."
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