> Outside Silicon Valley, software industry wages don't reflect a deficit like that. I don't know that wages are really that high in Silicon Valley either. P

> Outside Silicon Valley, software industry wages don't reflect a deficit like that. I don't know that wages are really that high in Silicon Valley either. People get paid well there because it's crazy expensive to live there. By the time you have paid the premium for living in the area, you may not be walking away with much more than you would living and working anywhere else in the U.S.