My data is from before Shopify&#x27;s success ... I think you are right that Shopify might be helping to raise salaries (to be fair, their post says 70K to 150K). I&#x27;m curious .. the 120K offer, how experienced was the individual (in terms of years, etc.).<p>Just saying, average house price in Toronto is 1 million. It should not cost 10x a dev&#x27;s income to buy a house in Richmond Hill. In the Bay area, total comp of 400K is not unreasonable ... that makes the 2.5 million dollar homes in MV seem reasonable ... an uncomfortable 6.25x of a dev&#x27;s income.