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I think it's actually kinda straight-forward: * If you have sales/negotiation skills, but no technical skills, you do sales/HR/whatnot. * If you have both sal

I think it's actually kinda straight-forward: * If you have sales/negotiation skills, but no technical skills, you do sales/HR/whatnot. * If you have both sales/negotiation AND technical skills, you do consulting or start your own business. * If you have good technical skills, but poor negotiation skills, you go work as a software developer. So yeah, an unwritten requirement for many technical positions is having poor negotiation skills. And no recruiter will obviously tell you outright that "you know, we're just looking for a sucker to take a crappy deal and you don't look like one, so move on", so instead they will use the politically correct "culture fit" to make themselves feel better.

oceanghost 8y ago
There's a lot of wisdom here. Regarding negotiation for engineers-- a few years back, I had been happily employed at a company for ten years. The CEO of some company calls me up and says I'd be PERFECT for a job opening he has. He says its C2H for 6 months to make sure I'm a good "culture fit". I politely decline, and he was incensed. I said, "Why in gods name would I leave a position I've been in for 10 years for a contract position?"
itronitron 8y ago
Yeah, if you're actually going to deposit your paychecks then clearly you aren't passionate enough about the work.