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Strongly agree that this is a valuable data point. I’d suggest another way of getting at the same thing would be to ask about previous salary; this correlates with age but only somewhat.

Did the $1M salary founders get paid $1M at Google previously? I’d expect there is a quite strong correlation here since it’s much easier to justify to your board/equity in that case.

And just because you’re 50, that doesn’t mean you made it past Senior. Similarly, you could get to Staff+ before 30 if you are exceptional.