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I interviewed with around 20 startups in the Valley about a year and a half ago. Hands down every single startup that made me an offer had a shit salary. After
by ryanSrich 12y ago
I interviewed with around 20 startups in the Valley about a year and a half ago. Hands down every single startup that made me an offer had a shit salary.
After I ditched the idea of working in the Valley based on my experience interviewing there I decided to focus my search on distributed teams only.
What I found was surprising. Not only were these new startups outside the Valley offering remote work but almost all had higher salaries. It was crazy. Here I was thinking that the only way I could earn a high paying wage was to live in one the most expensive cities in the world. Little did I know that I could earn a market salary and live anywhere.
If I could give anyone advice about finding a new job at a startup it would be to seek out companies offering remote work. It's the only way to go.
- sireat 12y agoWhat kind of skillset do you have though? Here on HN there has been constant bemoaning over difficulty of finding good remote work. The biggest issue has been that remote work pretty much requires living in low cost of living locations.
- ryanSrich 12y agoI mostly brand myself as a Product Designer. That job typically requires a decent knowledge of both design and development. As far as me specifically: UI, UX, CSS/SASS/HTML/JS, Rails & Ruby, Design tools like sketch and CC and some working knowledge of iOS development.