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Re:Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets by dmitriid on Saturday February 15, 2020 @09:05AM (#22335355)
That's probably exactly the point. They disclose salary info in a global forum without any context. For example, to begin with: what country is this? What city? Is this before or after tax? If this is before tax, how much do you pay in taxes? etc. etc. etc.

People joining in continue this trend, often with quips like "I make $145k a year, I'm underpaid". WTF? How is that underpaid? Oh? You probably mean "underpaid in a very specific area in the US"?

The resulting "developer salaries" is a dick-measuring contest with no context or purpose.

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Re:Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets by scarface74 on Saturday February 15, 2020 @09:42AM (#22335559)
It’s only a “dick measuring” contest if either you tie your self worth to salary or you think they do.

When I see software developer salaries for SV companies, I’m mildly curious but I don’t look at them in envy. The two trade offs would be moving to the west coast and working for large companies. I’m interested in neither.

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Re:Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets by dmitriid on Saturday February 15, 2020 @02:02PM (#22337169)
> It’s only a “dick measuring” contest if either you tie your self worth to salary or you think they do.

It is such a contest no matter what you think or do. I'll let this mini-thread articulate it better than I ever could: https://twitter.com/HeidyKhlaaf/status/1228605658393718784

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