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There is that, and the fact that in the eyes of prospective employers Bay Area experience is highly valued. Honestly I don't think experience in Bay Area is ne
by eloisant 10y ago
There is that, and the fact that in the eyes of prospective employers Bay Area experience is highly valued.
Honestly I don't think experience in Bay Area is necessarily better, there are great teams in Europe/rest of US and shitty teams in SV, but for some reason there is this Bay Area "halo".
Source: I've relocated to Europe after 3 years in Silicon Valley.
- kevinskii 10y agoMaybe European companies see a Bay Area "halo," but I wouldn't say the same about American companies. My company has software developers in Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, and Sunnyvale. From what I've seen it's a lot easier to bullshit your way into a senior software role in the Bay Area than it is elsewhere, so the rest of us tend to be a bit wary of the ones we don't yet know well.
- sulam 10y agoIt's easy to get a senior role at a random company in SV. There are many companies looking for senior people, provably more than there are candidates. However you have to check if they stick, and what they do. It's actually fairly easy to weed out the bad ones with a 45 minute interview if you don't let yourself be seduced by their ability to talk well. In my entire career I have only once heard of someone who seemed senior doing really well at coding exercises and then turning out to be horrible. I have frequently heard of people not coding as awesome as you expected but talking a good line and then being disappointed after the hire.