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## Salary Transparency
-The data below details the base salary information for each job I've
-held. This information is posted publicly to ensure others in my
-position have a solid reference point when determining if their current
-or proposed salary is appropriate.
+The data below details the base salary information for each job I've held. I've
+posted this information publicly to ensure others in my position have a solid
+reference point when determining if their current or proposed salary is
+appropriate.
-While sites like Glassdoor are locking salary data behind a paywall,
-LinkedIn is discontinuing LinkedIn Salary, and helpful websites like Big
-4 Transparency are extremely rare, I wanted to provide my personal data
-publicly and freely to those who need it.
+While sites like Glassdoor are locking salary data behind a paywall, LinkedIn is
+discontinuing LinkedIn Salary, and helpful websites like Big 4 Transparency are
+rare, I wanted to provide my personal data publicly and freely to
+those who need it.
-I have seen what can happen when great employees don't know the market
-values for their skills and I happily help those in my teams, so I'm
-happy to extend this information to the online community.
+I have seen what can happen when great employees don't know the market values
+for their skills and I happily help those in my teams, so I'm happy to extend
+this information to the online community.
-As a final note, there are numerous reasons that people in the same role
-are paid differently (expertise, years of experience, certifications,
-education, etc.) and that the data in this table should only be used as
-a single point of reference, not the whole story.
+As a final note, there are numerous reasons that people in the same role are
+paid differently (expertise, years of experience, certifications, education,
+etc.) and that the data in this table should only be used as a single point of
+reference, not the whole story.
## Salary Data
-Note: When in a role that gives periodic raises, I will create a new
-record with the new base salary in the table below. See the KPMG records
-for an example of a raise while in the same role.
+Note: When in a role that gives periodic raises, I will create a new record with
+the new base salary in the table below. See the KPMG records for an example of a
+raise while in the same role.
| Title | Company | Location | Start | End | Salary |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|:-------:|:-------:|----------|
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ for an example of a raise while in the same role.
| Teaching Assistant | University of Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 2017-08 | 2018-05 | $7/hour |
| Community Management Intern | Walgreens | Lincoln, NE | 2017-06 | 2018-02 | $14/hour |
-This page was inspired by [Xe](https://xeiaso.net/), and I'm quoting
-the following wording from them as I want to reiterate this piece:
+[Xe's Salary Transparency](https://xeiaso.net/salary-transparency/) page
+inspired me to create this page on my own site, and I'm quoting the following
+wording from them as I want to reiterate this piece:
-> Please consider publishing your salary data like this as well. By
-> open, voluntary transparency we can help to end stigmas around
-> discussing pay and help ensure that the next generations of people in
-> tech are treated fairly. Stigmas thrive in darkness but die in the
-> light of day. You can help end the stigma by playing your cards out in
-> the open like this.
+> Please consider publishing your salary data like this as well. By open,
+> voluntary transparency we can help to end stigmas around discussing pay and
+> help ensure that the next generations of people in tech are treated fairly.
+> Stigmas thrive in darkness but die in the light of day. You can help end the
+> stigma by playing your cards out in the open like this.