>This is a contradiction. Does working in an expensive location provide more value to the business? The value you create is the upper bound for your pay; the l

>This is a contradiction. Does working in an expensive location provide more value to the business? The value you create is the upper bound for your pay; the lower bound is what you're willing to accept. Expensive locations raise that lower bound significantly. Devs won't work in Silicon Valley for $40k because that's not a comfortable wage. In Eastern Europe it is.