On the flip side, Silicon Valley isn't the only expensive place and 132k was well below my full time salary in New York as a senior eng before I jumped into my own work. Actually I don't think I know any full time engineers right now in my personal network making lower than 150k and they're all very talented people who wouldn't be able to hop on something like this for various reasons related to that being too low.
My point is without high pay a whole class of very good engineers is unavailable to you.
My point is without high pay a whole class of very good engineers is unavailable to you.