Get real. Arguments about CoL or geography or stock are all smokescreen. They pay for Engineers is whatever the market will bear. It's quite curious that Engine

Get real. Arguments about CoL or geography or stock are all smokescreen. They pay for Engineers is whatever the market will bear. It's quite curious that Engineers accustomed to calculating efficiency and tradeoffs will get mired in imaginary discussions about 'correct' hiring. If arguments about CoL or geography or nationalism quite being persuasive to potential hires, the hiring organization will simply switch to some other arguments. It's just business.