Idea: anonymous salary data • Hacker News Board

Re: Idea: anonymous salary data

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Post by ALee » Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 2:26 PM UTC

bokonist wrote: post #8

http://salaryscout.com/

I was just about to type that one in. Here's the techcrunch coverage- http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/20/salaryscout-simple-soci...

Re: Idea: anonymous salary data

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Post by udai » Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 2:28 PM UTC

check out payscale.com

Re: Idea: anonymous salary data

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Post by Kaizyn » Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 3:49 PM UTC

dpapathanasiou wrote: post #7

I'd question the accuracy of data gathered that way: people inflate how much they make. Allowing people to submit that information anonymously only compounds the problem.

I'd also be concerned about how 'anonymous' the data is. As you all know, they can tie any submissions back to an IP address or back to meddlesome cookies.

Re: Idea: anonymous salary data

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Post by henning » Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 4:41 PM UTC

Could people spam it with inflated salaries in hopes of being able to point to it as an argument for getting a raise? :) ("All the other software engineers in this city are making $15k more than I am, mang!!")

Re: Idea: anonymous salary data

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Post by ww » Wed, Oct 10, 2007, 7:29 PM UTC

The spam has historically been a problem with this but how about an OCR capable component where the contributor is able to upload a picture of their check (not available to the public) thereby becominge 'confirmed'. That might keep out the riff raff enough to get good results.