ND Ask HN: Location based pay is killing my motivation, how do others handle it?
255 points by pyrodactyl 1285 days ago | 371 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
HN user feels undervalued due to location-based pay disparities.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 7 evals
+1 0 −1 HN
Audit Trail 17 entries
2026-03-05 15:53 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.257 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: -0.26 (Mild negative) 0.00
2026-03-05 15:48 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.257 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:48 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: -0.26 (Mild negative)
2026-03-05 15:44 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.450 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:44 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.45 (Moderate negative) 0.00
2026-03-05 15:39 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.450 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 15:39 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: -0.45 (Moderate negative)
2026-02-28 10:47 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.40) - -
2026-02-28 10:47 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.40 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial discusses location-based pay disparity and resentment
2026-02-28 10:47 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:45 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-02-28 10:45 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Location-based pay disparity discussion
2026-02-28 10:45 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:40 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:40 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-02-28 10:40 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Location-based pay disparity discussion