> One thing that is frequently overlooked in discussions of publicizing salaries is that there is also a strong social stigma to flaunting wealth or talking about affluence.
That makes it inappropriate to bring up in a random conversation, but not inappropriate to have on record, or to provide within the shared context of helping each other.
Agreed, I mention that a service like levels.fyi is a very good idea. My point is more that a peer to peer discussion of salary has some potentially serious downsides and it offers an unrealistic comparison relative to a distribution of salaries.
That makes it inappropriate to bring up in a random conversation, but not inappropriate to have on record, or to provide within the shared context of helping each other.