> There's so little transparency as to what employees get paid that "outsiders", i.e. those who don't have an informal network of pals providing them confidenti

> There's so little transparency as to what employees get paid that "outsiders", i.e. those who don't have an informal network of pals providing them confidential salary information on-the-side, don't have a way to determine what numbers to shoot for. Glassdoor? levels.fyi? Why would anyone need a "network of pals" to get average salary information? Who even cares what the average is? Just shoot for whatever number you want and then stop comparing yourself to everyone else.