India, Sept. 1 -- A senior software engineer who was laid off last year has sparked a discussion online after questioning whether a $150,000 (approximately Rs.1.32 crore) salary is enough to live in New York City. After eight months of unsuccessful interviews, the 30-year-old shared on professional networking platform Blind that they finally received an offer from a non-tech company, but it comes with a big pay cut and a move from Dallas to NYC.

The anonymous poster revealed that they were previously earning a total compensation of $320,000 (around Rs.2.82 crore) at a remote tech job before being laid off last year. Since then, they've spent eight months interviewing "with no success," despite having eight years of experience in the indu...