[Iftheshoefits]

No, I'm saying that when I add a compensation bracket with the low end matching (slightly below, actually) my current compensation, the number of listings in my region/role specification falls substantially. This has nothing to do with the absolute density of jobs in the region. And, by the way, the salaries attached to over 90% of the listings I see (by region/role only--no filter for compensation or anything else) are a joke especially in Silicon Valley, even for startups (which typically offer low salary to begin with), although the equities are, sadly, not terribly out of line.

[durga]

Maybe the salaries are actually that high. It's really difficult to hire engineers in the valley. And there are tons and tons of funded startups looking for them.

Unless you're a startup with celebrity status, you might just have to pay up.