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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by lozaning on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:09PM (#22100787)
Only for as long as it takes you to build your personal network and resume so that you can demand the same pay elsewhere.

Anchor your salary as high as possible as quickly as possible to establish what you're worth and then move.

Bay area tech beaucoup bucks in flyover country is a recipe for early retirement.

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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by mettamage on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:18PM (#22100860)
> Only for as long as it takes you to build your personal network and resume so that you can demand the same pay elsewhere. Anchor your salary as high as possible as quickly as possible to establish what you're worth and then move.

How would I justify a Bay area salary to Dutch companies?

Also, visa sponsoring is hard. Triplebyte and the like never considered me.

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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by thecolorblue on Monday January 20, 2020 @03:19PM (#22101791)
> Bay area tech beaucoup bucks in flyover country is a recipe for early retirement.

Does anyone get paid bay area rates in other areas? I have never heard of this. I work remotely for a bay area company and get paid based on local rates.

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Re:People no longer believe working hard will lead to a bett... by wasdfff on Monday January 20, 2020 @08:21PM (#22103524)
Seriously. Good luck arguing for 400k total comp in Kansas or wherever when there are local engineers perhaps even senior to you who’ve been happily working for upper 5 figures all their career.
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