Where do you live? Minnesota here.
One factor I&#x27;d agree with is the pay issue. I see local startups and post-startups with lovely websites showing their cool workspaces and how much people love working there. But then you find out during the interview process that they pay like $75-80k for people with 5 years of experience and 100k for 10 years. Sorry, but at that salary level I&#x27;ll stay at an engineering company, even though the culture&#x2F;work isn&#x27;t as &#x27;awesome&#x27;. And the bad part is that since the number of high-tech employers isn&#x27;t that large, they don&#x27;t have any problems filling their ranks with people apparently happy with these salaries.