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Someone who has the choice of working in Silicon Valley or elsewhere will probably be above average elsewhere. Senior software developer salaries in Chicago ar

Someone who has the choice of working in Silicon Valley or elsewhere will probably be above average elsewhere. Senior software developer salaries in Chicago are 97k on average. https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/chicago-senior-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,7_IM167_KO8,32.htm https://www.glassdoor.ca/Salaries/chicago-senior-software-en...

mattmanser 10y ago
Working in SV magically makes you a better developer now? Wow! Isn't it more likely that there are more bad developers on average in SV than anywhere else as they're so desperate they'll take anyone? If I was struggling to get a job as a developer it'd seem like a natural place to go. You could blame every job loss on startup babble too. "The burn rate was too high so the let our entire team go", "In my 4 month CV gap I was exploring my own idea for a job-sharing-app but failed to find funding", and on and on...
- ng12 10y ago
  It makes sense. I would expect the best architects to be in Chicago, the best finance folks in NYC, and the best media folks in LA -- why would tech be any different? The Bay has a lot of extra draw for really talented developers. For the really good developers it's less about "what job can I get" and more about "what job do I want?". When they have the luxury to work at virtually any company they want, SV is the place to be just by the numbers. It makes a big difference to students too -- most hot shot developers out of college are going to take an offer from a flashy Bay Area sweetheart over the local healthcare IT shop any day.
- schrodinger 10y ago
  > Working in SV magically makes you a better developer now? I don't think that follows from the comment. You've reversed the causality. The comment was just saying that there's a correlation between better developers and living in SV. Not saying I agree, but it seems likely. Wouldn't it be a self selected group of more driven programmers?

mattmanser 10y ago

Working in SV magically makes you a better developer now? Wow! Isn't it more likely that there are more bad developers on average in SV than anywhere else as they're so desperate they'll take anyone? If I was struggling to get a job as a developer it'd seem like a natural place to go. You could blame every job loss on startup babble too. "The burn rate was too high so the let our entire team go", "In my 4 month CV gap I was exploring my own idea for a job-sharing-app but failed to find funding", and on and on...

ng12 10y ago
It makes sense. I would expect the best architects to be in Chicago, the best finance folks in NYC, and the best media folks in LA -- why would tech be any different? The Bay has a lot of extra draw for really talented developers. For the really good developers it's less about "what job can I get" and more about "what job do I want?". When they have the luxury to work at virtually any company they want, SV is the place to be just by the numbers. It makes a big difference to students too -- most hot shot developers out of college are going to take an offer from a flashy Bay Area sweetheart over the local healthcare IT shop any day.
schrodinger 10y ago
> Working in SV magically makes you a better developer now? I don't think that follows from the comment. You've reversed the causality. The comment was just saying that there's a correlation between better developers and living in SV. Not saying I agree, but it seems likely. Wouldn't it be a self selected group of more driven programmers?