“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain?

Re:“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? by loufe on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:21PM (#26135880)

I'd argue the opposite. The price of living rose to meet the means of the people who lived there. People in tech are highly paid because it is a workers' market where talent and special education and skills are generally required. If the industry could hire people who could do the same job remote at $50k per year this trend would have begun decades ago.

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Re:“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? by galangalalgol on Sunday February 14, 2021 @05:17PM (#26136798)

It did, didn't it? faangs have been moving development to the Midwest for at least 20years.

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Re:“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? by fast54 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @06:29PM (#26137320)

Look carefully at what is moving to midwest. Either projects that are in maintenance or non-tech workers.

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Re:“Location-Based Pay” – Who are we to complain? by galangalalgol on Sunday February 14, 2021 @08:11PM (#26137930)

Interesting! In the embedded systems arena it has been happening even longer than that, including developers. Maybe that explains part but not all of why webserver developers make double on average an embedded developer's salary, or last time I checked.

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