Details of strategy sure are important, but, above all, do negotiate. A comment† by http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jfoster http://news.ycombinator.com/use

Details of strategy sure are important, but, above all, do negotiate. A comment† by http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jfoster http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jfoster that really opened my eyes: > You might also look at it another way, and Google probably will, too. If you're being considered by Google and you don't negotiate, perhaps they are the ones making the mistake [by attempting to hire you]. † http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3496512 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3496512