Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?
A quote about salary, that I bookmarked as I could see myself making the same mistake:<p>&quot;Salaries never stay secrets forever. Hiding them only delays the inevitable.
Last year we were having a discussion at lunch. Coworker was building a new house, and when it came to the numbers it was let loose that it was going to cost about $700K. This didn&#x27;t seem like much, except to a young guy that joined the previous year and had done nothing but kick ass and take names...&quot; (edited for brevity).<p>&quot;...The conversation ended up in numbers. Coworker building the house pulled about $140K base (median for a programmer was probably $125K), and his bonus nearly matched the new guy&#x27;s salary, which was an insulting $60K -- and got cut out of the bonus and raise in January for not being there a full year, only 11 months.<p>Turns out he was a doormat in negotiating, though his salary history was cringeworthy. It pained everyone to hear it, considering how nice of a guy he was. In all honestly, $60K was a big step up for him. Worst of all, this wasn&#x27;t a cheap market (Boston). The guy probably shortchanged himself well over a half-million dollars in the past decade. This was someone who voluntarily put in long hours and went out of his way to teach others, and did everything he could to help other departments like operations and other teams. On top, he was beyond frugal. Supposedly he saved something around 40% of his take home pay, despite living alone in Boston. He grew up in a trailer park.<p>He spent the next day in non-stop meetings with HR, his manager and the CTO. That Friday he simply handed in his badge without a word, walked out and never came back.<p>Until 3 months later. As a consultant. At $175&#x2F;hour.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=2439478" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=2439478</a>