I&#x27;m confused about this &quot;east coast&quot; thing.  Many of the major tech companies that compensate in cash+RSUs operate on the east coast at some scale or another.  Heck, in Pittsburgh alone, you can pick from Uber, Google, Facebook (Oculus), and Apple, of the &quot;really big tech companies that give their employees RSUs&quot;.  You&#x27;ll find similar options, no pun intended, in NYC and Boston, at minimum.<p>As I said:  The rolling vesting offered by most companies means that you&#x27;re selling stock every year after your first.  So if you ignore the first year (or pretend that it&#x27;s poorly compensated), it&#x27;s not that shockingly bad.