> The people living in LCOL areas don't hustle. They aren't the type to do 100 hours of leetcode
I think this hits on a very real signal that is sent by someone being willing to relocate cross-country for work. I know people from college that moved out to the coasts to work for big name tech companies. They were probably "above average", but none of them were terribly noteworthy.
The thing they were willing to do that the rest of us weren't was uproot from the midwest and go to the coast.
That's a signal that you're willing to tie your self worth to your job in a way that is very valuable (exploitable) to a company.
I think this hits on a very real signal that is sent by someone being willing to relocate cross-country for work. I know people from college that moved out to the coasts to work for big name tech companies. They were probably "above average", but none of them were terribly noteworthy.
The thing they were willing to do that the rest of us weren't was uproot from the midwest and go to the coast.
That's a signal that you're willing to tie your self worth to your job in a way that is very valuable (exploitable) to a company.