In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be less taboo

Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le... by ForHackernews on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @07:09PM (#9926547)

> look at how little Buffer is paying.[0]

Uh...it looks like they are paying a lot of engineers >$90,000. In what world is that how little ???

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Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le... by geofft on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @07:13PM (#9926570)

As of a few years ago, starting salaries for fresh-out-of-college software engineers in the Bay Area at decently-funded pre-IPO companies were consistently around $100K. I don't have a good sense of what it is today, nor what it is for early-stage startups, large companies, non-profits, etc.

(This is what happens when you don't talk about numbers!)

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Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le... by morgante on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @07:15PM (#9926583)

> Uh...it looks like they are paying a lot of engineers >$90,000.

Market rate for junior engineers is >$100k and for senior engineers it's easily >$150k.

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Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le... by ForHackernews on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @08:19PM (#9926867)

Says who? Where are you getting that information, if you think nobody should talk about their salaries?

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Re:In Silicon Valley, many want sharing salary info to be le... by morgante on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @09:27PM (#9927158)

> Says who? Where are you getting that information, if you think nobody should talk about their salaries?

From friends, offers I've received, and offers I've given.

It's not that I don't think anybody should talk about their salaries. It's that we shouldn't have "open" salaries—nobody should be compelled to reveal their salary, particularly in an "anonymous" way.

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