The salaries are already not comfortable in high-COL areas, at least for a lot of developers. That's why HN has had these discussions about remote work compensa

The salaries are already not comfortable in high-COL areas, at least for a lot of developers. That's why HN has had these discussions about remote work compensation. Realize with areas like SV you're also competing because of desirability not related to job market. If you want to live in certain parts of CA it's going to cost more. If what you are worried about does happen I suspect it would take on the order of a decade to show up. But regardless of timespan, I must say I don't care. Your post is just crocodile tears.