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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by BizarroLand on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @11:38AM (#35976863)
Anyone would move for a limited time period for a life changing amount of money like $20m/year.

But for realistic wages in my field, I doubt there is anywhere that would pay me enough to move. Short of moving into management (which I have little experience with) the most I could expect for making a move would be about an extra $40-60k/year moving to the Bay area which would basically cover the difference in cost of living and maybe a little extra pocket change.

That's not really worth it for me.

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Re:Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a ... by ghaff on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @01:33PM (#35978616)
Yeah. When a lot of classmates were taking jobs in Manhattan I pretty much decided you couldn't pay me enough after having an internship there one summer. (This was back in the 80s to boot.)

But, of course, I didn't literally mean that. Offer me a few million a year guaranteed and I could put up with a lot for life-changing money. But realistically not going to happen.

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