/S/a/l/a/r/y/ ... er... I mean rates

[Gene Kim-Eng]

I'm not familiar with the cost of living on Ottowa, but
I know tech writers in places here in the US who live
better than I do (at least by the standard they apply to
measure quality of life) on half of what I make here 
in Silicon Valley.

Gene Kim-Eng


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Subject: /S/a/l/a/r/y/ ... er... I mean rates


> I've been wrong before (stop that snickering), but isn't 
> $100K in a place like New York (NY) or Silicon Valley 
> about the same as $85K in a place like... hmm Ottawa?
> 
> When you consider relative costs of living - housing being 
> a big one, barrista-dispensed coffee being another (for 
> many people), a higher salary in one place would be 
> offset by those higher ongoing costs for essentials, wouldn't they?