[rexpop]

> Or they care about the common good, and believe by sharing their salaries they can provide some data to help out their fellow workers.

Sounds like the definition of "something to prove."

[Pfhreak]

That's a pretty cynical take. Sometimes people do what they think is right independent of whether they think they'll ever get credit for it.

[rexpop]

Maybe I am confused about the idiom "something to prove."

Does it necessarily mean "something to prove [about their own name]?" I thought it might also mean "something to prove about [a group]."