well_negotiator

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   by well_negotiator 10y ago

   It's a not a joke. You work in consultancy which is a service company where margins are not high as goog/fb/msft. I work in product company with high profits in billions. It's common for new grad engineers who join as L3
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   by well_negotiator 10y ago

   I had negotiated 2-2.5X with most of the companies on stocks. Shocked? Well, if you ask for 10% more and accepted the offer, it's a party in next recruiting meetings in the company. Always flinch, start with 3X and make the recruiters
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   by well_negotiator 10y ago

   Yes. I'm not in average but i won't call myself an outlier. Outliers never come out and talk about their compensation to be frank. Not posting this to brag. I'd like to increase awareness among engineers to negotiate. I can s
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   by well_negotiator 10y ago

   Sorry, but your comment is not constructive in anyway. Please read guidelines :)
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   by well_negotiator 10y ago

   Early stage startups are making a joke out of engineers by pitching the bro-culture and talking about freedom and 10X- 100X. And yeah, with a big hype from VCs and investors tweeting about startupX, Y, Z, engineers get fooled and join a sta
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   by well_negotiator 10y ago

   Sorry, but this is real. It's very normal for a new grad googler to make $185k total comp in first year. Offers i had got, Uber, Airbnb, Snapchat, Google, Robinhood, Netflix, Salesforce, Affirm, An investment bank in NYC, Two stealth s
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   by well_negotiator 10y ago

   Really sad to know he didn't get a good offer in Airbnb and you both think it's a good offer. But this looks totally like a new grad offer. I have my friends who just got offers in Airbnb who are getting paid 180k in salary and ~6