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In reply to the discussion: KRUGMAN: The Fake Skills Shortage [View all]Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)These positions generally start at $82,000, which is roughly the same as DC. NYC can peak just a little higher and Boston/Philadelphia a fair bit lower. Of course the difference is in Southern California that mortgage payment is going to a house, not rent on a 500 square foot apartment built sometime around the sinking of the Titanic. When I say relocation assistance is standard, I mean just that. It is standard, it is just there.
The ultimate issue is that in their line of work there is a perception getting out of the east coast bubble is bad for their career. That is what we can't get past. Nobody has really expressed much disagreement about the offered salary. The issue of the hipster doofus boyfriend recoiling in horror at the sight of an office park is just a goofy recurring issue that has come up with several candidates who had not previously expressed an unwillingness to relocate.