Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own open positions?
It really still isn&#x27;t the norm anywhere to list compensation and I suspect that Y Combinator has the same problems of disparate compensation based on when people joined as any other company. Heck, we are all switching jobs constantly because the new guy got more than we did, despite being the same level and having more experience at the company.<p>Plenty of companies decided to stop hiring from Colorado rather than post compensation in the job postings.<p>If I had to guess, I suspect it provides no competitive advantage to list compensation except if you pay top tier.<p>As an anecdote from a friend, the wage differences can be substantial. The friend just recently got a new job and the senior who mentored him in onboarding also got promoted a level too. That senior was talking about how they finally reached six figures (Canada has much lower pay than the USA, so this isn&#x27;t crazy). My friend made six figures starting, with 3-5 fewer years of experience and just about two years overall.<p>There are a lot of absurdly underpaid people out there.