> I offered them our "Bay Area, not Google $$ salary" and they both said they expected Google salaries and turned down the offer. Until that point, everything h

> I offered them our "Bay Area, not Google $$ salary" and they both said they expected Google salaries and turned down the offer. Until that point, everything had been clicking perfectly. Can I ask what number you went with? The reason I ask is I don't live in the Bay Area and do live in a lower cost of living area [but still not cheap] but the figures for any decent senior engineer here are still $100k+.