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The cost of living is something you need to adjust for. In the Bay Area everyone gets tech company salaries. In the places you might live, everyone gets governm
by dsl 13y ago
The cost of living is something you need to adjust for. In the Bay Area everyone gets tech company salaries. In the places you might live, everyone gets government salaries.
A lot of people like myself just don't want to work for Google, regardless of price.
The people I know at defense contractors in the Bay Area all make more than what you would at Google.
- flyinRyan 13y agoNo it isn't. An iPhone and BMW cost the same thing in fly-over states that they cost in nice places. Maybe in a fly-over you're keeping 20% of your salary rather than 10% in the valley but the difference in salary probably means you still end up with more money in the valley.