That report was flagged to death on HN because those numbers are not trustworthy: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736425" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736425</a>
Because $200k in SF is $100k or so in Austin, $150k or so in Seattle or NYC.<p>I don't get why companies do SF. To me, it looks like hiring in Austin or Seattle, for entry level engineers, is a smarter financial move.