What happens if someone looking for $450k really likes the company and can easily justify their ask. Is the comoany duty bound to now to refuse an offer that exceeds their stated range?
> Especially with a well known company like YC, it seems like they would have a solid lower bound so there's no need to list it.
That sounds like a great way to exploit the subset of candidates that don't know the unspoken rules of the valley. And given the variance of companies in YC, I don't think there is a known lower bound for every company.
There's a better way to get higher salaries: fight so that everyone gets a higher one.