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by richardwhiuk 2769 days ago
So basically nowhere with a higher cost of living will work for Basecamp - fine, and they will be substantially overpaying anyone outside of Chicago.

That's fine, but basically it changes who you will hire.

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I'm not sure that's atypical though. Or companies make smallish adjustments based on location. They don't seriously try to compete with Facebook or Google on SV salary, know some people will work for them because they didn't get an offer from one of those companies, or prefer to work for someone else. Some people from those areas will take the job anyway and they're fine with not focusing on hiring developers in those geos.