Ask HN: Wage fixing. Any updates from the trenches?

12 points by sriram_sun 12y ago ↗ HN

Are Googlers getting calls from Apple and vice versa? My selfish interest in asking this question is that I'm relocating from Denver to work for a startup in Sunnyvale. Home prices are through the roof. If wages are going up, I'm guessing the housing situation is only going to get worse.

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freebish 12y ago ↗

I don't work for Apple or Google, but I can assure you that there is strong upward pressures on salaries for developers in the bay area. Housing prices are a bit more complicated.

I've also had personal experience with people relocating from Denver and having a _very_ hard time dealing with local house prices. Please investigate carefully using Trulia, Zillow, or Craigslist.

sriram_sun 12y ago ↗

Thanks :). We are looking at all three sources.

yuhong 12y ago ↗

I wonder if allowing a government agency to grant exceptions to anti-trust laws would be a good idea.

RogerL 12y ago ↗

I did that 2 years ago (Golden to bay area). I ended up living 1 to 1.5 hours from work.