"The best senior dev on the backend team of a small company is probably a garbage coder compared to the new guy at some Bay Area startup." Just because someone

"The best senior dev on the backend team of a small company is probably a garbage coder compared to the new guy at some Bay Area startup." Just because someone shows up in the bay area it doesn't make them instantly good coders/developers/programmers. Just because a company is in the bay area it doesn't make the dev team good either. Usually the great devs are at fangs or working at a cool startup. There are a lot of companies with little hope and a lot of teams without solid experience. The best dev at a small company could be the best in the world or the 5th worst. From what I have seen is a lot of good developers end up at a small places because of the challenge and/or lifestyle.