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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by meric on Monday March 24, 2014 @03:56AM (#7457181)
I live in Australia and work in a small company and $100k just isn't enough to entice me to go over to the US to work for Google et al; It isn't that much more than what I make now, plus I get to live close to home. And yes, I can choose to move to US if I want, due to the E-3 visa.

I'm sure there are a lot more people like me.

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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by robrenaud on Monday March 24, 2014 @09:06AM (#7457946)
Even the bottom level full time software engineers at Google in the US make more than 100k in total compensation.
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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by meric on Monday March 24, 2014 @10:11AM (#7458272)
I've only just graduated from university last year, so...
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Re:Emails From Schmidt And Sergey Brin Show Agreements Not T... by gdh73 on Monday March 24, 2014 @03:53PM (#7460940)
There are a lot of people like you even in the US. Cost of living in California is part of the issue. Tech companies could find the talent for less pay if their workforce was located outside the most expensive areas.
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