True that they cannot limit you. Except working at a FLiNG company what I have noticed is (sadly) they dont really think much of talent unless you are a brand name (creator of any obscure framework we are stuck with and cannot get out of). Reality is given the normalizing nature of our interviewing processes (leetcode puzzles) without a Brand, a dev (regardless of experience) in the bay area is qualitatively "same" as their counter parts outside - except BA ones are a fair bit costlier.
Hah sorry yes. Li=LinkedIn. Purely a compensation thing rather than any suggestion of any "elitism". I still can't get over how much in the bay area folks feel that "technical pride" at the Big Cos.
Ah, I see, thanks. Honestly I haven't thought too hard about who is included in the acronym / why. I know I've heard arguments about, e.g. whether AMZN should be in there based on size and influence vs pay, etc. I didn't know LinkedIn paid on that same level, that's interesting.
