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Out of curiosity (I'm not hiring :-) ), what does "reasonable salary" mean to you? Also, how do you evaluate the similarity of jobs? I'm asking because if I w
by mikekchar 8y ago
Out of curiosity (I'm not hiring :-) ), what does "reasonable salary" mean to you? Also, how do you evaluate the similarity of jobs? I'm asking because if I were looking to decide if I'm making a reasonable salary, I don't really even know where to start. I mean junior/intermediate/senior developer mean completely different things in different companies. The role of lead developer might be completely different as well. And given those different responsibilities, what is worth more or less money? Knowledge of certain skills (more rare is worth more? probably, but by how much?) Same thing for things like remote vs co-located (how much of a hit should I expect for remote?). Inventions agreement vs. my side projects are my own? The likelihood of a lot of overtime? The current health of the company (high risk company means more pay, I would think???)
Not taking a go at you. These are seriously things I think about and was wondering if you had thought about them too :-)
- profalseidol 8y agoSalary is never reasonable. Employment is essentially slavery which is never reasonable, at least with the surplus we have at this age.
- Boxxed 8y ago"Reasonable" here means "roughly market rate". But salary survey sites always have such a wide range as to be useless. I mostly evaluate similarity in terms of responsibility (both tech-wise and human-wise), which yes, is very difficult to compare across jobs. Especially considering that jobs often morph pretty quickly after day one. In the end, I go for the jobs that sound interesting and do my best to negotiate.