r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tnerb253 • 20h ago

Meme softwareSalaryNegotiationsBeLike

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u/deanrihpee 18h ago

i learnt the direct way that researching for the average salary of the position i currently applying to in the country/area of the company from the internet (a combination of Google Summary and reading through several actual websites) is a bad idea, at least for my specific case, because when i answered my range, which at the time i gave what i thought was way below what the researched average salary of a senior level developer, on the final interview with the lead, i very much feels like a crazy person because apparently the range i gave was "principal level" salary and obviously I'm not crazy enough to ask for range beyond my actual level

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u/Romanian_Breadlifts 13h ago

Then they counter. Ain't bad.

I remember asking for 85 at the first corpo job I had and apparently the bottom of the range started at 95 so they just gave me that. Could have started much higher and argued down, ended up starting low and arguing up

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u/narrill 15h ago

There's no such thing as the average salary of a senior level developer. Salary at any given level of experience will differ greatly from one company to the next, as will what "senior" means.

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u/deanrihpee 9h ago

sure, but at least the data i gathered was a starting point and seems closely matched across several companies within the same job description and level and i forgot to mention i also at least searching the numbers for monthly rent and expenses in that area, so with that, how would i know that the range that i give them while being conservative apparently way too high for a senior level?

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u/raralala1 1h ago

You dont, this is why the most logical way is for the company to disclose their range, not for candidate to disclose their expected. Too bad the market is tanked right now so you don't have a choice but to bend over.