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Most of tech either isn’t remote or hasn’t been for very long, so strong candidates with large scale prod experience are still concentrated in markets where the
by erik_seaberg 5y ago
Most of tech either isn’t remote or hasn’t been for very long, so strong candidates with large scale prod experience are still concentrated in markets where these skills are most valued and attainable. If you want those candidates, you have to compete with offers from local big tech.
- disgruntledphd2 5y ago> strong candidates with large scale prod experience are still concentrated in markets As I keep asking when this comes up, if this is true then why are salaries for FAANG engineers so much lower in London? London, as you may know is 100% not cheap, and yet salaries there for FAANG tech people are approximately 50% of those in SF/US.
- wyclif 5y agoBecause in the UK (where all of my ancestors are from) they don't value software engineers like they do in the US.
- erik_seaberg 5y agoIn the 1990s we were paid and managed like accountants. When the Web went mainstream, Bay Area VC companies created a sudden shortage which slowly spread.
- wyclif 5y agoISTM that the main cultural difference is that UK companies consider developers as cost centers, not profit centers. Therefore, the bean counters have an incentive to either eliminate us or consider us as interchangeable cogs in the system.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoBut FAANG do. So why don't they raise salaries?