Take it from a computer professional. A 90k starting salary in Silicon Valley is barely paycheck to paycheck. If you deflate the cost of living and high taxes, it equates to barely $45k-55k a year. It’s just another entry level job. You won’t see a starting salary like that anywhere outside the east/west coast. The tech world does not operate on prestige. Even though I have a masters degree, my co-worker has an associates and he has a higher salary. Why? He has more experience than I do.