The wonderful flip side to this is that Silicon Valley engineers also get that additional compensation bump when working for out of state companies. SF Bay engi

The wonderful flip side to this is that Silicon Valley engineers also get that additional compensation bump when working for out of state companies. SF Bay engineers can demand more than twice what a Pittsburg dev can ask for and the fact they live in SF Bay is part of the resume itself. Lots of very easy work at very competitive rates to take the Silicon Valley skill set out to nowhereville and they love being able to point to their San Francisco 10x talent. Everyone wins?