Re:Let People Move to Jobs
by anonymoushn on Sunday January 19, 2020 @02:23PM
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Working in Mountain View for 6 months is worth literally a million dollars of (MV initial equity - local office initial equity), assuming I was going to work in the local office for the remaining 3.5 years either way.
Pay depends enormously on the local market for your skills. NYC and Boston pay almost as much as Mountain View, while (ex) London pays much less. People moving between offices are often offered large increases/decreases. A strategy of joining in Mountain View and then transferring to a lower-paying office isn't generally going to give you much higher pay at the new office (though you'll of course have the money you put away while in Mountain View).
(Speaking only for myself)