> My UK cohort seem to think this is due to some difference in the cost of living but I don't think it adds up. It doesn't add up in the slightest. In any case

> My UK cohort seem to think this is due to some difference in the cost of living but I don't think it adds up. It doesn't add up in the slightest. In any case, high cost of living (due to high housing prices) can only be a consequence of high compensations, not a cause. FAANG salaries are what they are because it so happened that the large amounts of available money and high demand for developers (compared to supply) came together at the same companies, at the same place and at the same time.