Just curious: How did you manage to transfer your Bay Area salary to Austin? I would imagine that $120K is a ridiculous amount there. How did you even ask for it with a straight face? Are you making 2X all of your co-workers or something?
I'm in Dallas and I just hired multiple people at around 120k each. 120k is very reasonable here. 60k is entry level here...you might be able to get away with 50... 200k+ isn't uncommon either. There is a stupid amount of money here in tech... Not as much VC money, but startups and small businesses actually making rev. (Not social 'pre revenue' apps made by kids) thrive here.
