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I don't terribly want to move to SV, but I am a bit curious what this will return.

Sorry if I'm wasting your time customerdevlabs! I mostly signed up out of curiosity.

Obviously, though, if you want to pay me $150k/year, give me 3 months of vacation, let me telecommute 2/5 days, pay my moving expenses, and give me fun problems, I will move tomorrow.

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The only thing SV doesn't offer is 3 months of vacation - unlimited vacation on the other hand is fairly popular: http://www.quora.com/Startups/Which-companies-have-an-unlimi...

There's a war on for talent now. Be careful what you wish for.

"Unlimited vacation" is also grossly misleading in SV though. I have seen very, very few companies that actually live up to their own hype about encouraging employees to take off as much time as they need.

More often than not, in SV at least, "unlimited vacation" policies is really just code for "don't take any". The small print is also "if you really do take a lot of time off, even if you're great, you don't belong in our Red-Bull-shotgunning startupy experience".

It's the present day version of machismo.

Pretty much a lot like I feel. I'd rather not live in the Bay Area, but give a fat enough offer and I'd live anywhere.

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