Ask HN: Do you tell your salary to people/family/friends outside your industry?
I&#x27;ll truthfully answer anyone that asks but I don&#x27;t volunteer it to non-tech friends, I don&#x27;t want to come across as bragging or boastful. For things like raises I always talk in percentages since I know I&#x27;ve gotten raises that are more or very close to what some friends make annually. My goal isn&#x27;t to obscure but rather I don&#x27;t want to make them feel uncomfortable.<p>For tech friends&#x2F;coworkers I make it a point to discuss salary. I&#x27;ve had too many coworkers and good friends making way under what they could be.<p>Every time, without fail, that I made assumptions about what a friend was making I was extremely wrong and even felt a little guilty that I didn&#x27;t bring it up sooner since they can and should be making more.