Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups

Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by michaelbuckbee on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:05AM (#13986933)

To me the big non monetary currency is time.

Average US commute time is about half an hour [1], add to that another 15 minutes on each side for context switching and "settling in" and it's an easy 10 hours a week at least you're saving.

Remote work isn't for every job or person, but the financial difference would need to be significant to drag me back into an office.

1 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/25/how-m...

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Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by antisthenes on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:10PM (#13987638)

Jesus...That certainly puts things into perspective.

10 hours a week is an extra book you can read or 5 movies to watch or just...10 hours to relax and work on your side projects.

520 hours per year.

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Re:Big Tech Company Salaries Are Hurting Startups by sokoloff on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @09:03PM (#13992058)

I find I have context switching and settling in time just as much (sometimes more) at my home office as I do at my office office. (IOW, I don't think I'd be inclined to count it as a cost of commuting.)

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