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Originally Posted by moorhosj
A company can pay a worker 80% of the salary and the worker only has 60% of the expenses, so they both net out ahead. Paying the exact same wage would negate one of the selling points drawing them here in the first place.
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Couldn't agree more.
The obvious oversight in Emathias' post is the fact that a $1500 apartment in Chicago probably rents for $3000 in the Bay Area, Boston, or NYC because those places are
so much more desirable 
Point being--engineering talent here is a bargain for companies, and you can pretty much get the same results. I'm willing to bet that slowly, and gradually, companies are going to figure this out.
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