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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by hibikir on Monday February 29, 2016 @06:38PM (#11199656)
I've spent large chunks of my career in the Midwest as a consultant. Senior devs go into very long term consulting gigs because then companies can afford to pay us much more: we count as 100% capex.

Companies that might pay an employee $110K a year will have zero problem paying rates that end up with take-homes of +$200K a year after paying your own benefits and taking vacation time off.

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Re:Tech workers are increasingly looking to leave Silicon Va... by kvcrawford on Monday February 29, 2016 @07:07PM (#11199814)
Could you expand on that? I've snubbed contracting gigs in the past because I enjoy the often very generous healthcare plans at tech companies.
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