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by throwaway971608 5y ago
> But if you've been interviewing you should have an intuition for what you can expect. Indeed. I have talked to recruiters at companies like Stripe, Square and Facebook who say they are willing to negotiate up to U$480k to hire a
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by throwaway971608 5y ago
I appreciate the sarcasm because it provides a different perspective. Obviously U$228k is a good salary for many software developers, but there is additional context in my original post to understand that, maybe, it is not adequate for my e
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by throwaway971608 5y ago
True. Although, I am not comparing my offer with Apple salaries in the US, they are obviously much more higher. I am explicitely comparing my offer with Apple salaries in Canada (the link in the TL;DR of my original post). Notice that the r
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by throwaway971608 5y ago
I actually obtained an offer from Yammer (Microsoft) at the same time. This offer is what I used to negotiate Apple’s offer. They went up a several thousand dollars in the signing bonus, but that doesn’t help much if the base salary is aver
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by throwaway971608 5y ago
That is true, and I think that is one of the mistakes I made before the negotiation started. At some point, I told the recruiter —“I know many engineers want to work at Apple. I will carefully consider any offer you extend.”— . I told them
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by throwaway971608 5y ago
Thanks. I don’t want to make it sound like I am being ungrateful, and I told the same thing to the recruiter, but I am sure that my family back home would appreciate it if I can bring more bread to the table for the same amount of time and
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by throwaway971608 5y ago
Did you accept the offer? If yes, are you happy with the progression so far?
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by throwaway971608 5y ago
It is possible, although, the responsibilities listed in the job description make the position sound quite technical. In fact, the hiring manager and two of the engineers in the team were kind enough to give me examples of tasks that they w
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Ask HN: Is Apple low-balling me or am I an impostor greedy bastard?
9 points by throwaway971608 5y ago|20 comments