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Re: Show HN: Honest Salary – Help make salaries fair and honest by sharing yours

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Post by TheRealDunkirk »

Just posted this to the other discussion, but it bears just the same.

This is just going to be a collection of anecdotes from people who self-select to report because they feel good about where they're at, or because they feel righteously justified in complaining about their situation. Self-selection ruins the data. The responses have to be random to be useful. And the silly thing is that most people who are involved in this business know this.

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Post by rawnlq »

itsdrewmiller wrote: post #9
rawnlq wrote: post #7

If you're a new grad a good place to look at is your school's salary survey. For both MIT and CMU with just a BS the median starting salary is 105k (you have to be bottom half of the class to make less than that!) https://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2015-gss-... Min: $70,000 Max: $185,000 Mean: $106,407 https://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2015-su... Min: $30,000 Max: $150,000 Mean: $10…

I looked at the MIT one - seems like maybe you misread it? Starting salaries for undergrads are mean and median low 80s. There is a bonus column but it says it's only a measure of the people who got bonus offers in the first place, and even then only brings things into the 90s.

You might be reading the wrong section since this is for all majors. Try searching the numbers I posted to find the line I got it from.

Re: Show HN: Honest Salary – Help make salaries fair and honest by sharing yours

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Post by Tasboo »

Ha! I've been working on something similar, but as with all of my side projects, its probably never going to get finished. Good job on getting it out there. I'm sure HN will rip it to shreds, because they are good at that, but kudos to getting something out there!

Re: Show HN: Honest Salary – Help make salaries fair and honest by sharing yours

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Post by rawnlq »

zump wrote: post #10
rawnlq wrote: post #7

If you're a new grad a good place to look at is your school's salary survey. For both MIT and CMU with just a BS the median starting salary is 105k (you have to be bottom half of the class to make less than that!) https://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2015-gss-... Min: $70,000 Max: $185,000 Mean: $106,407 https://www.cmu.edu/career/salaries-and-destinations/2015-su... Min: $30,000 Max: $150,000 Mean: $10…

Who is getting 185k with just a BS from MIT?

Search for the "2015 Bachelor’s Industry & Employer Data" to see salary range by industry. It seems like it must be from one of the companies in the "Investment Banking" section.

Re: Show HN: Honest Salary – Help make salaries fair and honest by sharing yours

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Post by transman »

As a transgender person, I won't fill it out unless I have the option to opt out of gender identification or select "other" for gender. I'm not alone.

http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.aspx

http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NCDA/pt/sd/news_article/1...

http://www.autostraddle.com/facebook-wants-you-to-do-you-add...

Re: Show HN: Honest Salary – Help make salaries fair and honest by sharing yours

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Post by Diamons »

transman wrote: post #17

As a transgender person, I won't fill it out unless I have the option to opt out of gender identification or select "other" for gender. I'm not alone. http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender.aspx http://associationdatabase.com/aws/NCDA/pt/sd/news_article/1... http://www.autostraddle.com/facebook-wants-you-to-do-you-add...

So I'm guessing you never fly, because TSA only allows you to pick male or female.
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