Nick Perry compares a bottle of water costing $2 at a grocery store versus $8 at an airport to explain why a Silicon Valley engineer makes $300k while an identical engineer in Ohio makes $90k. Your value doesn't change, but the market does. If your current environment won't pay for what you're worth, find one that will.
A bottle of water costs $1 at a gas station, $3 at a gym, $5 at a hotel, and $8 at an airport. It's the same water in a different room at a different price. So if you feel underpaid right now, don't question your worth, question where you are. Because a software engineer in Silicon Valley makes $300,000 a year, but that same engineer in Ohio only makes $90,000 doing the exact same work. The skill didn't change, the room did. So if your room can't see your value, then go find a better Nick Perry.
