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		adastra22 on June 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidi... The better question is why doesn't the free market lower Silicon Valley pay to be comparable to the rest of the world. SV is the outlier. Even other forms of engineering don't pay compensation anywhere near what SV software devs get.

hn_throwaway_99 on June 12, 2024 [–]

In winner-take-nearly-all industries, it makes sense to pay top dollar for talent if that gives you a better chance of being "the winner".

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