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Reminder to job candidates not to give a current or expected salary number first... a dev I know just got himself a 50% raise at his new job.
@pushcx Easier said than done when interviewers keep beating around the bush when it comes to the pay.
@rocx Yep! Negotiation is a set of strategies to be learned and practiced, with very nice rewards for doing so.
@pushcx As in "We'll need to talk with (insert guy who handles payroll here)." He's sooooo conveniently not there for the first and the follow-up interviews.
@rocx Yep, classic. The "Higher Authority" gambit; chapter 7 of Roger Dawson's excellent "Secrets of Power Negotiating".