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Also, I don’t want other people negotiating for me. Software Engineers are so high in demand that I believe I can do a better job negotiating on my own.
by EduardoBautista 6y ago
Also, I don’t want other people negotiating for me. Software Engineers are so high in demand that I believe I can do a better job negotiating on my own.
- airza 6y agoThis is fine if you want to hop jobs, but why do you think the most in demand engineers on earth are being forced to eat these pay cuts?
- lotsofpulp 6y agoBecause they don't want to hop jobs. Walking away from a transaction is the signal to the buyer and seller that there is something wrong with the price. If neither party walks away, then there is nothing wrong with the price.
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- creato 6y agoMaybe they aren't in quite as high demand as they were a year ago? I would be surprised if there wasn't some softening of the market in the pandemic.
- heavyset_go 6y agoHow would negotiate around Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, Pixar, Lucasfilm and eBay colluding[1] with one another to keep engineer compensation below its market value if you were working for one of them? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...