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The reason US tech salaries are high is because the 5 most valuable public companies in the world are Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook [0] which
by mrep 8y ago
The reason US tech salaries are high is because the 5 most valuable public companies in the world are Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook [0] which are all tech based American companies headquartered in 2 areas (bay area and seattle). They all compete for talent and bring up salaries for American software engineers (and they can still easily pay a lot more).
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization#2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by...
- stretchwithme 8y agoI am aware of the competition between these companies. I live in Silicon Valley and spent a couple of years at Apple. But I hardly think the investment environment in the Valley is irrelevant. Companies do use capital to get big.