Things I learned today: * Buffer is not somebody's weekend project * It needs 16 (yes, SIXTEEN) people to run that thing * They actually have revenue. In mil

Things I learned today: * Buffer is not somebody's weekend project * It needs 16 (yes, SIXTEEN) people to run that thing * They actually have revenue. In millions. $2.3 Millions! * Their company values are based on How to win friends and influence people. Aside from that, open salaries are pretty naive idea, if not completely dumb and dangerous. The lives you live everyday is in effect a game (as in "game theory" game). When you are talking to person, selling goods or buying one you are in the game. Like in any game, information is your advantage and your opponents weakness. This is exactly why privacy matters. If insurance company knows you eat too much pizza, they would want to get a higher premium from you. Similarly if a car dealer can look you up and figure out your salary, he can adjust his negotiation tactics. A plumber making half the money you do would want to charge you more than others. And so on. When all these people would look for their next jobs, their next employer would know how much salary to offer them.