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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.