People have no idea, even in the Bay Area. I was recently hanging out with (non-tech) friends and one asked if I’d ever considered working at Facebook, I said

People have no idea, even in the Bay Area. I was recently hanging out with (non-tech) friends and one asked if I’d ever considered working at Facebook, I said morals aside the salary of X (based on info from friends interviewing) would be tempting and the room went silent. I did a lot of walking back and “well I don’t make that much, omg let’s talk about something else quick…” but at the end of the day it’s not far off.