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Using that same job calculator that you used (for the developer position) near the bottom of this page: https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/developer/, the rates are way way off from my area.

They are out of their minds if they think the top rate for a Senior engineer in Salt Lake City with above average experience is $78k. Most other areas also seem pretty low from what I've looked into but I suppose a few areas could be outliers in their calculator.

Their docs on the calculator are here: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-operations/global-c...

It's a bit strange that they cut or raise your pay by that calculator when you move cities.




>It's a bit strange that they cut or raise your pay by that calculator when you move cities."

That is odd. Usually if you make more based on your previous location a company won't actually claw anything back you just will likely not be getting any raises.


It's a bit odd that living in Tokyo you get 90k. While living in SF you get 220k. I'm fairly certain the rent difference isn't 10k per month.


Supply and demand


Of what? A developer in that location? What is that benefit?

Having worked on both coasts, I can say that the quality is the same. Culture and quantity appears to be the biggest difference.


Yep a developer in that location. The market puts a high price on that. Regardless of same quality people being cheaper elsewhere. If you think the market is wrong then go try to arbitrage it. Maybe you can...


Wow, their offers for a junior dev in Madison is like a third of Epic's starting salary. That's brutal...




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