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Re:Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo by SimonPStevens on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @11:08AM (#2442574)
The way I see it is that you create the context yourself. You create a pool and only share the URL with people in a known context (such as your colleagues at work). That way you all get to discover where you are in the spread of your team, but without knowing which salary is tied to which individual.

Obviously, how you structure the context defines what it means to you. If you share it with everyone from managers to newbie graduates your context will be different than if you just share it with people you consider to be at the same level as you.

Re:Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo by hammock on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @11:57AM (#2442818)
If the users create the context themselves, which makes sense, then why do you ask for 'US dollars only please'? Because you want to use this data yourself?
Re:Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo by praptak on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @12:38PM (#2443031)
A similar remark: "annual salary". The context might include part-time folks, consultants paid per hour, etc. where comparisons of annual salary are much less informative than just $/h.

You don't even need the app to discern between annual and dollar per hour, to the app it's just a number. Actually even an uniterpreted string would do.

Re:Show HN: Let's end the Programmer Salary Taboo by SimonPStevens on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @12:15PM (#2442920)
Yes, good point. The OP should change it to be more generic to the users context.

Either allow configuration of currency, or a customised message or something like that.