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Yes. 3 senior devs or 5 junior devs would fit cleanly in $250k, at least in the part of the midwest I'm at.
not counting medical benefits and overheads and significantly stretching definition of Senior and even then seems low.
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Re: Ask HN: How to earn over $250K a year?
#32You won't get a $250k salary as a "proficient JavaScript engineer" living in the Midwest. For that much money one could hire 3-5 reasonable developers a year in the Midwest. Developers in the Bay Area earn six figures because the cost of living is so darn high. If you jump jobs make sure it's for a 20% increase INCLUDING the cost of living difference otherwise you might be losing money (unless you just want a situati…
That's just my personal view though. I like being in a major city (SF). It's awesome being around an abundance of opportunity though there are many tradeoffs to living here. If I were to move, I'd probably go to another tier 1 city like New York or Seattle for a change of pace.
I'm sure there are many who feel the same way.