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A reasonable range would absolutely be great but I understand why disclosing any salary information would be challenging for the company as it changes how compensation negotiation is done but will also affect the overall culture. Ultimately, you need to continue your first principles thinking and put this hypothesis to the test.

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> I understand why disclosing any salary information would be challenging for the company as it changes how compensation negotiation is done but will also affect the overall culture.

So do I, but I refuse to care. I'm not willing to jump through all of the hoops that come with interviewing for a tech job only to find myself having to say no because I'd be taking a pay cut.

My life matters, I'm not getting any younger, and I'm not willing to waste time for some corporation's convenience. I already have a solid job, and a decent network outside of LinkedIn in case I need to jump ship. Tech recruiters will deal with me on my terms or not at all.

If I can understand how and why they would be hesitant to disclose salary information, but that doesn't mean that they should be given a free pass for it. Yes, this would change compensation negotiation, in the same way that cutting the deck changes a game of poker. It makes it harder for the deck to be stacked against you.

Hiding salary information makes it harder to negotiate and harder to see when you're being treated unfairly.

I used to work for the federal government, everybody knew more or less where everybody else was on the GS scale. Worked great.

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