Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study

Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by warent on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @08:54PM (#21580438)

I don't think that's the market. It sounds more likely that you're just not negotiating well or selling yourself to your best advantage, or you're accepting a tradeoff for something else in return. My advice is to search for a new job ASAP seeking 50% more than what you're making now, tweak how you're applying and interview, and you'll have it within a year or less.

Remember also that remote work is becoming much more normal.

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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by privateSFacct on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:15AM (#21582035)

I'm curious if what is current / high level work in midwest is different to what you are exposed to at least in SF -> there is a risk in some quieter areas that you just are not current and plugged in with the meetups, the hackathons, exposure to strong other talent.

When I was in my late 20's someone gave me a real kick in the butt to go the distance -> which paid off in hindsight big time.

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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by maximente on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @10:27PM (#21580860)

great advice; i agree completely. that response was so passive and defeatist i'm almost upset on his/her behalf. it is almost beyond belief what high quality engineers can earn by simply changing jobs.

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Re:Talent May Be Shifting Away from Superstar Cities: Study by lsc on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @04:03AM (#21582270)

>it is almost beyond belief what high quality engineers can earn by simply changing jobs.

(and not just top engineers; just about everyone benefits from competing offers. If you haven't gotten a competing offer in the last year or two, you have no idea what you could be getting, and you are probably underpaid.)

This, I think, is one of the major advantages of silicon valley; I can walk from my house to tens of big name employers; hundreds of smaller ones. I can switch jobs and I don't have to move. I can pretty easily still get drinks with the same people after work (if that's what we all want) - and the culture is such that it's okay to go work somewhere else for a few years and then to come back. it's not even a little weird.

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