Sure, I've done it. But you're competing with a lot of people, so you'd better stand out. In this case, it wasn't that the company wanted to pay me less for t

Sure, I've done it. But you're competing with a lot of people, so you'd better stand out. In this case, it wasn't that the company wanted to pay me less for the same job because I was remote, rather than in SF. (Though some companies do that.) It was that they only allow remote work for a few positions, which happen to be lower-paying. They want to keep "core engineering" local, for communication or whatever. I can't really argue with that -- it's their company and they can run it how they want. But I'm sure not moving to SF and doubling my cost of living for a job that pays largely in lottery tickets.