$60,000 is laughable. The justification based on salaries in California is laughable.
Unless a relocation package to California from anywhere there is internet is included in the fee?
Even then......
$60,000 is laughable. The justification based on salaries in California is laughable.
Unless a relocation package to California from anywhere there is internet is included in the fee?
Even then......
I grew up in SoCal and miss it terribly, but my cost of living in Chicago is a tiny fraction of what it would be in SF and my income isn't behind California norms.
Maybe if I was 24 and looking for experience... I suppose you can apply the same argument to finance in Manhattan.
I think their pricing may come from the fact that data science is the 'hot' field right now, so I suspect they'll be capitalizing on the corporations that will start pumping money into training their employees in data science. So I wouldn't be surprised if you start seeing some forture 500s covering the cost of this for a new hire.