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unless you know what you’d be getting paid at silicon valley tech companies, don’t say you’re “overpaid” your comps are with “working in San Francisco”, not wi
by mjirv 2y ago
unless you know what you’d be getting paid at silicon valley tech companies, don’t say you’re “overpaid”
your comps are with “working in San Francisco”, not with your peers
- gambiting 2y agoThat has the same energy as saying "don't say your house was expensive until you compared prices with bay area houses" - not everyone in the world can work for silicon valley companies even if they wanted to. They are a nice aspirational things up in the sky to sometimes think about, but realistically, 99% of programmers are never going to work there and should be comparing their pay against peers within their industry.
- underdeserver 2y agoThis is true, he should be comparing with software engineers in his COL area, but not with other people with random jobs in his office.
- gambiting 2y agoAgreed.
- em-bee 2y agoactually he should be comparing with other software engineers in his industry
- underdeserver 2y agoUnfortunately the world we live in is one where not everyone can find a job that pays silicon valley salaries where they want/need/are able to live.
- em-bee 2y agoi was referring to the oil industry where he works, not silicon valley