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To supplement your point, having the programmer suggest the salary also creates problems in that Pitchbox is separated from specific geographic regions. The sa

To supplement your point, having the programmer suggest the salary also creates problems in that Pitchbox is separated from specific geographic regions. The salary I want for the exact same job varies greatly depending on where it is. My number for San Francisco would price me right out of Austin, for example.

peterjmag 14y ago
Exactly. A while back, I was considering jobs in both Colorado and the Bay Area. A $100K position in the Bay Area might only be worth half that in my home town of Fort Collins (and perhaps $70-80K in Denver). I wouldn't want to undersell myself by selecting $60K during the signup process if I thought that I could make more than that in the Bay Area. When I first checked out Pitchbox earlier this year[1], that uncertainty was enough for me to skip signing up entirely. bitsweet mentioned below[2] that my selection is used only as a filter and not shown to employers, but I think that could stand to be made more clear either during the signup process or somewhere on the landing page. EDIT for another slightly related point: I take it this is for US-based employers at the moment. Are there any plans to expand to other markets? Now that I'm moving to Berlin, I'd love to use something like Pitchbox in my job search (though incidentally, salaries are a completely different story over there). [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022472 [2]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5521244 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5521244
- bitsweet 14y ago
  It's not clear, which is our fault, but we do take this into consideration when looking at other geographies for relocation. We also always share compensation in a pitch, so you know early on if the adjusted comp is reasonable for you. Thanks for the feedback though, we'll certainly be exploring a different sign up ux.

peterjmag 14y ago

Exactly. A while back, I was considering jobs in both Colorado and the Bay Area. A $100K position in the Bay Area might only be worth half that in my home town of Fort Collins (and perhaps $70-80K in Denver). I wouldn't want to undersell myself by selecting $60K during the signup process if I thought that I could make more than that in the Bay Area. When I first checked out Pitchbox earlier this year[1], that uncertainty was enough for me to skip signing up entirely. bitsweet mentioned below[2] that my selection is used only as a filter and not shown to employers, but I think that could stand to be made more clear either during the signup process or somewhere on the landing page. EDIT for another slightly related point: I take it this is for US-based employers at the moment. Are there any plans to expand to other markets? Now that I'm moving to Berlin, I'd love to use something like Pitchbox in my job search (though incidentally, salaries are a completely different story over there). [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022472 [2]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5521244 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5521244

bitsweet 14y ago
It's not clear, which is our fault, but we do take this into consideration when looking at other geographies for relocation. We also always share compensation in a pitch, so you know early on if the adjusted comp is reasonable for you. Thanks for the feedback though, we'll certainly be exploring a different sign up ux.