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That's not the most fair comparison. Living in NYC/SF is part of the lure of working for one of the top established tech companies. The career trajectory for so
by wallflower 10y ago
That's not the most fair comparison. Living in NYC/SF is part of the lure of working for one of the top established tech companies. The career trajectory for someone with Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft on their resume usually allows switching among similar top-tier companies (if one is competent and so desires). Once you have one gold-plated company name on your resume, you're set for life. For example, my friends who worked at Apple say that getting hired by Apple is easy relative to keeping up once you are thrown into the firehose there.
- scarface74 10y agoI can't speak for the other companies, but Amazon is relatively easy to get into if you have experience regardless of where your degree is from. But what is the desire for working for a "top tier" company? Looking at the average salaries for Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft, they aren't that much higher than startups and smaller companies in lower cost areas.