> A few months later I renegotiated to have the bonus removed and the base salary increased to $175k. What was your negotiating strategy here? Did you just say

> A few months later I renegotiated to have the bonus removed and the base salary increased to $175k. What was your negotiating strategy here? Did you just say "I'm going to make the bonus anyway, please let's just write it in now", or was it more "I might leave if we can't work this out"?