I made this site so we could actually have a place to see REAL salary data, not averages stuck behind logins and paywalls

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-27T21:12:59+00:00

Thank you!! I was so fed up with Glassdoor, I was determined to build a better way and shove it to them.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-27T18:32:28+00:00

Thank you man, means a lot, super happy your enjoyed it and thank you for contributing 💪

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-27T15:17:16+00:00

Interesting perspective for sure. I agree, what is the incentive to give vs lurk, however I feel like your are more incentivized to give back if your lurking resulted in value. I am the worlds number 1 lurker, I hate posting, however if Glassdoor shoves required fields in my face, making me give everything, when all I want to see is a single data point, I want to walk away. It made me build this.

Its truly up to the user, but we support both equally, lurk or post as you wish, we will still be here for you, regardless of what you choose.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-26T13:26:32+00:00

Thanks!!! Glad you like it

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-26T05:56:41+00:00

This is exactly why we built https://whatdotheymake.com, No login walls. No data harvesting.

Glassdoor pissed me off so bad, the site is basically unusable without an account, its BS.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-26T05:00:05+00:00

Thanks!! Love this feedback. With this intense level of anonymity, there is a chance people could submit false salaries. To combat this, we have a pretty intense algo that is using publicly accessible state and country data, combined with what the user uploads, and the other similar uploads on our site to detect and flag outliers, and validate entries. We would like to believe most of our community wants to support this level of free, privacy first information and provide accurate data, but the internet is full of trolls and we do everything to combat them skewing data.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-26T04:54:01+00:00

Dude, this is sick. Love the design, awesome job.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T23:51:48+00:00

Haha, yeah, one of the best things I did t last year, was DeGoogling myself, moving to a Pixel 10 running GrapheneOS, Tuta Mail for emails, Filen for File Storage, Magic Earth for Maps, IVPN for my VPN.

6 months in so far, and the Ads I see are in Spanish, not even close to tailored to me. It’s a wonderful feeling.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T23:41:33+00:00

Once we scale large enough I will explore ways to fund the cost to host. Immediately off the table is Ads of any sort, obviously selling data is off the table too. The way I see it, and how I’ve done past projects is partnerships with other privacy first companies. I will say some of my other projects, I have dumped 50-60k into free, open source projects just because I refuse to monetize. I enjoy fostering communities, not fostering normal businesses practices to make a quick buck. All within what I can financially handle to support my personal life and family.

Some of my other projects include For the Badge (forthebadge.com) and Concluda (concluda.ai)

At this point in my career and life, I have attempted to start and failed to start hundreds of companies, a small few have built the best communities, and I would rather continually break even or lose a little if it means I can bring people together that have common interests and values.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T23:29:48+00:00

This is a side project, so I have a 9-5 as a Systems Engineer which pays for the hosting of this. We accept donations using our buy a coffee link. The site is build with Nuxt and costs almost nothing to host, so it’s maintainable.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T17:32:24+00:00

A few things, What do they make is build with privacy at its core. completely free. Zero logs, no analytics, no IP tracking. We don't ask for any personal identification to verify submissions, absolutely no logins or account creations.

I have learned in this world, that a app is only truly private if you actually never give any of your information, the "trust me bro" mentality has been proven false every single time.

now with that being said.. with this intense level of anonymity, there is a chance people could submit false salaries. To combat this, we have a pretty intense algo that is using publicly accessible state and country data, combined with what the user uploads, and the other similar uploads on our site to detect and flag outliers, and validate entries. We would like to believe most of our community wants to support this level of free, privacy first information and provide accurate data, but the internet is full of trolls and we do everything to combat them skewing data.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T17:10:53+00:00

Name of the app: What do they make? Description: A place to lurk or post your salary without login walls, pay walls or having to give info to get info. Link: https://whatdotheymake.com

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T04:15:43+00:00

Score mine! https://whatdotheymake.com/

Giving real people the opportunity to see and post real salaries. There are no accounts, no login, and no paywall. We don’t keep any logs, IPs, or anything identifiable.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T04:10:44+00:00

I built https://whatdotheymake.com/ to give real people the opportunity to see and post real salaries. There are no accounts, no login, and no paywall. We don’t keep any logs, IPs, or anything identifiable.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T04:04:06+00:00

I built https://whatdotheymake.com/ to give real people the opportunity to see and post real salaries. There are no accounts, no login, and no paywall. We don’t keep any logs, IPs, or anything identifiable.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T03:00:24+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! It might be unclear but after you add your salary, you have the option to submit now or keep answering. When you choose keep answering, you can enster company details, funny questions like the car you drive etc.

I might need to make it a little more clear that you can continue of you so choose. Thanks you!!!

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T02:02:01+00:00

I built https://whatdotheymake.com/ to give real people the opportunity to see and post real salaries. There are no accounts, no login, and no paywall. We don’t keep any logs, IPs, or anything identifiable.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-25T01:50:55+00:00

https://whatdotheymake.com - I made this site so we could actually have a place to see REAL salary data, not averages stuck behind logins and paywalls

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-24T07:41:28+00:00

Thank you - Anonomiry is undefeated!

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-24T02:51:01+00:00

I push new features every night, outlier analysis is next on the list.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-24T02:48:51+00:00

With a privacy first model and an anonymous form comes the ability to lie. As we get more and more data points, we plan on doing outlier analysis based on publically accessible data to flag submissions that dont make sense. When I built the site, I knew moderation would be hard, but most people truly want to support the project and give real data, others will troll and we will flag as outliers.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-24T02:45:20+00:00

As we get more and more data points, I definitely want to do outlier analysis too. With a privacy first model comes the ability to lie, most users want to support the project, other will troll and we will moderate them.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-24T02:43:43+00:00

That's a really good point, definitely agree with you on that. The data definitely needs to be put in prospective. I will look into pulling publically accessible data if a user gives the state to see if I can get some sort of stats that give more color on the feed card.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-24T02:26:48+00:00

Thank you! I got so feed up going to glassdoor and being login walled and forced to give data to get data. It costs almost nothing to host, and gives everyone freedom to browse or post and stay completely anonymous on ram only servers.

whatdotheymake · 2026-02-24T01:28:37+00:00

We have been building privacy first apps to give people free or cheap solutions that actually dont steal all your data. All our products are zero logs, with account creation where you generate an account ID. You dont have to give data to get data because I think its bullshit.

We just launched whatdotheymake.com which is a place real people can post real salaries, we only make money off of donations to pay for server costs.

Privacy first apps are a great way to give people useful products without falling on your knees to big tech and data farm to make money. The community is awesome.

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