Proven that you are worth that salary in a given city. As tech companies realize they are no longer tied to SV they will also no longer have to pay the same high salaries to attract the large but overall still limited talent pool in this geographic area.
For every SF developer there is probably a just as good developer in Boise or Belarus willing to do the job for much less. Why should a SF developer who moves there make more?
People are worth a lot, but they become worth less monetarily as the talent pool grows in size.
For every SF developer there is probably a just as good developer in Boise or Belarus willing to do the job for much less. Why should a SF developer who moves there make more?
People are worth a lot, but they become worth less monetarily as the talent pool grows in size.