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Re:Starting a Company Outside Silicon Valley Just Saved Me $... by sidlls on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:17PM (#18983058)
I don't work at FAANG. My "all in" is about 65% what I'd earn at FAANG at the same level (EM, L5/6). It's about 150%, or more, of what I'd earn just about anywhere else in the US. Not to mention the opportunity cost: most anywhere else the software job market is not nearly as well developed.

It is absolutely the norm in the Bay Area for salaries even adjusted for cost of living to be far better than elsewhere. Plus all the additional attractive features like a relatively more tolerant population, much more diversity, better public venues like parks, and recreation like museums and such.

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