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Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo

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Re: Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo

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Post by rglullis »

mdwrigh2 wrote: post #44
zipdog wrote: post #27

Who defines the 'minimum number of people'? If it's not user-defined, I think you should make it clear what that value is. Otherwise, if I share this to my team of 7, but the minimum is 8, we'll never know. For smaller groups, you could add an option to show only the average, not the salaries. Then with as few as 3 people it would be reasonable to disclose the value.

The minimum is 4 people I believe.

That is correct. I did have one version where the first form asked for the minimum number of participants. I discarded it because I wanted to get the easiest "action" form. To be honest, I considered even removing the "give it a name" part.

But it seems to be something that a lot of people are asking. I will add the "minimum number of participants" option now.

Re: Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo

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Post by aristidb »

evoltix wrote: post #39
Cushman wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of those $0s is mine. I'm an unemployed college student; it should probably be more like -$20,000. Just sayin'.

It's not asking for your net worth. ;)

But the college asks for $20K every year, so that could be considered a negative salary.

Re: Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo

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Post by BenSS »

rglullis wrote: post #32
BenSS wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Take a look at glassdoor.com - it handles salary info with context (company, etc)

I am familiar with Glassdoor. In a way, I am "competing" with them on Job4Dev. Thing is, this salaryshare is a way to compare salaries with people that you already know, while Glassdoor is more of a general market analysis tool. What I'm wondering now is how (and if) I can apply the idea of SalaryShare on Job4Dev. If you create a resume there, it already links the companies you listed as working for with the company…

I'm currently job-hunting, so I'll take a look at Job4Dev. You probably should be asking (optional, anon) for salary data. I had no problem providing that info on Glassdoor, though I generally know around how much my friends/associates make.

Re: Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo

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Post by landhar »

Good idea.

Here's a suggestion, the numbers on the list should match a rank, eg:

  1. $10
  1. $10
  3. $8
  4. $7
  4. $7
  4. $7
  7. $2
This will make it more relevant when looking how high up on the list your annual salary is.

Edit: fixed formatting. Edit2: corrected the ranking as suggested by SimonPStevens

Re: Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo

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Post by mcantelon »

scotty79 wrote: post #48
rglullis wrote: post #2

After the discussion yesterday about how hard it is to know if your salary is comparable to your co-workers, and inspired by nostromo's "trick" ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2439443 ), I decided to implement a website where everyone can compare notes, without having to disclose personal info. It works by creating "salary pools". When you create a pool you get an unguessable URL (e.g, I created a pool at http:…

Wouldn't kill to show nice histogram of the pool.

And an average.

Re: Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo

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Post by tonfa »

rglullis wrote: post #2

After the discussion yesterday about how hard it is to know if your salary is comparable to your co-workers, and inspired by nostromo's "trick" ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2439443 ), I decided to implement a website where everyone can compare notes, without having to disclose personal info. It works by creating "salary pools". When you create a pool you get an unguessable URL (e.g, I created a pool at http:…

You should actually automatically generate the random string, less friction for the user (and leave the choice to choose the string, kinda like how you can do with etherpad).
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