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		tptacek on Oct 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Analyzing AngelList Job Postings, Part 2: Salary a... Microsoft semi-(in)famously had a strategy of paying 70% of market salary.

daniellorenc on Oct 4, 2014 [–]

When I was at Microsoft ~3 years ago, the strategy was to pay at the 70th percentile of market salaries, not pay 70% of the current market salary.

tptacek on Oct 4, 2014 | [–]

Sorry, you're right, 70th percentile. My point though is just that he may not have been lowballed deliberately.

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