Re:Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for Ne...
by jedberg on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @05:26PM
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> Fin-tech firms WILL HAVE TO compete against Amazon for (supposed) west coast wages
I think you have that backwards. When I worked for Netflix I got an offer from a fin-tech firm that was double my already top of market Netflix salary. I chose to stay at Netflix because the fin-tech work sounded utterly soul crushing (and the work at Netflix was still great) and my wife didn't want to move to NYC. But had I taken it I would have made a lot more than any job here on the west coast.
I think you have that backwards. When I worked for Netflix I got an offer from a fin-tech firm that was double my already top of market Netflix salary. I chose to stay at Netflix because the fin-tech work sounded utterly soul crushing (and the work at Netflix was still great) and my wife didn't want to move to NYC. But had I taken it I would have made a lot more than any job here on the west coast.