I don't disagree that business will always try to drive down labor costs, but this is kind of a weird take given west coast tech companies are the ones that nor

I don't disagree that business will always try to drive down labor costs, but this is kind of a weird take given west coast tech companies are the ones that normalized $500k-$1m total comp for the rank and file software engineers with 5-10 years experience. East coast, let alone the rest of the world never even sniffed that until FAANG set the standard.