[908B64B197]

It's one thing to whine about compensation but if engineers in Zurich or Vancouver want things to change they must vote with their feet and come to the Bay Area.

Either that or get VC funding on par with what's happening in the valley.

[jen20]

From Vancouver this is a fairly straightforward proposition (or as I understand it, was one pre-COVID). From Europe, it is _incredibly_ difficult to get a work visa for US. The most egregious example of the difference here is London vs San Francisco.

The cost of living is not crazily different, yet the entry level comp in SF is high senior level for most technical jobs. However, my experience is that the Bay Area has a lot of British immigrants (I encounter a new (to me) at least weekly at the large company I work at), so perhaps people are indeed voting that way.

[908B64B197]

> From Europe, it is _incredibly_ difficult to get a work visa for US.

Maybe it's time to negotiate a better deal.

H1 is completely clogged with not so legal bodyshops, but what about simply getting an O-1?

[jen20]

Agreed, it probably is time for that deal to be dramatically improved.

Currently however, for a Canadian to move from Canada under a TN series visa than any of the visas available to Europeans, other than some limited cases such as diplomatic missions.

[pjc50]

"Extraordinary individuals" only, max three years, tied to a job and an "event". Definitely not a path to living in SF. Do you know anyone who "simply" got an O-1?

[barbazoo]

Hell no! I'm a passionate software developer but no way would I move down south. Compensation is about a lot more than $.