I think you're right there - the transparency needed is from the companies, not the individuals. Otherwise it becomes a competition, and people stop sharing sal

I think you're right there - the transparency needed is from the companies, not the individuals. Otherwise it becomes a competition, and people stop sharing salary themselves because some doofus claims to be on 750k/year starting salary straight out of college. Levels.fyi has some salary data too I think, and there's more and more being shared in Indeed and LinkedIn.