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You won't get a $250k salary as a "proficient JavaScript engineer" living in the Midwest. For that much money one could hire 3-5 reasonable developers a year i

You won't get a $250k salary as a "proficient JavaScript engineer" living in the Midwest. For that much money one could hire 3-5 reasonable developers a year in the Midwest. Developers in the Bay Area earn six figures because the cost of living is so darn high. If you jump jobs make sure it's for a 20% increase INCLUDING the cost of living difference otherwise you might be losing money (unless you just want a situation change that badly). In order to earn that much you have to actually prove that you can provide a multiple of that value. That most likely means moving into management in some fashion. Investments won't help make you money immediately, it's much more a "twenty years later" type of deal.

qaq 10y ago
5 devs :)?
- MikeTV 10y ago
  Yes. 3 senior devs or 5 junior devs would fit cleanly in $250k, at least in the part of the midwest I'm at.
  - qaq 10y ago
    not counting medical benefits and overheads and significantly stretching definition of Senior and even then seems low.
    - MikeTV 10y ago
      It's unbelievable until you actually start searching for a job out here.
askafriend 10y ago
Honestly, I would consider a move from X salary in the midwest to X+Y salary in the Bay Area/NYC/Seattle or any other tier 1 city an upgrade even if the salaries may end up being almost the same adjusted for cost of living. That's just my personal view though. I like being in a major city (SF). It's awesome being around an abundance of opportunity though there are many tradeoffs to living here. If I were to move, I'd probably go to another tier 1 city like New York or Seattle for a change of pace. I'm sure there are many who feel the same way.