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Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le... by ams6110 on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @06:55PM (#9926455)
Governmental or state university-employed developers (as well as all other employees) have long had their salaries a matter of public record. Their salaries generally are lower than private sector though total compensation including paid time off (often 6-8 weeks/yr) must be considered.
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Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le... by jasonwocky on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @07:08PM (#9926543)
Yeah, when I worked for 5 years as a developer in municipal government, I may have had less total take home pay than some of my peers, but my "hourly rate" was easily comparable. I had 5 weeks of vacation a year to start, and worked 35 hours a week, every week.

When I left, it wasn't because of the money.

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