You're right. In principle this shouldn't matter, especially in today's world where as a developer you can essentially work from anywhere. However, many compan

You're right. In principle this shouldn't matter, especially in today's world where as a developer you can essentially work from anywhere. However, many companies still - and often almost obsessively so - insist on a specific location for work to happen. Ironically, this attitude seems to be particularly widespread in Silicon Valley companies. You could probably create the same objective value in another location. For these companies however location seems to be an important component of their value creation equation, which is why they have to pay a premium for it.