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mkozlows on Dec 18, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation

You need to quit saying "a metropolitan area" when you mean "Silicon Valley and a few places that have satellite offices for companies based in Silicon Valley," is the thing.

Show me the companies in Columbus, OH that pay that way. Or Milwaukee, WI. Or or or.

darpa_escapee on Dec 19, 2015 [–]

New York, Philly and DC exist. They all have tech markets that are not at all dependent on SV.

ngoede on Dec 20, 2015 | [–]

It is my experience that these figures are well on the high side for Philly though.

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