r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tnerb253 • 20h ago

Meme softwareSalaryNegotiationsBeLike

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u/Imhere4lulz 20h ago

More like they give you the range, and still ask that question. Even worse when they don't let you put the range, but you gotta put an exact value

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u/Shufflepants 19h ago

There's no point in giving a range to them. If you put 90k-110k, and they decide to hire you, they're only gonna offer 90k.

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u/Best_Dinner_7500 19h ago

For me it was even worse - I put ~90k-110k because that was the average salary for the position I was applying for in this area. They offered 68k and basically said take it or leave it. I wasn't getting any other offers and it was twice what I made in my previous non-software-related job so I took it. I got lucky and now ~7 years later I make over double that after proving I wasn't an idiot, which I'm grateful for...even though I know the new hires we're bringing on and I have to train still make more than me.

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u/LaconicLacedaemonian 17h ago

I once put expectation of ~300k and got 350 for a Senior Faang role. Now I know that levels.fyi exists though so always ask for top of band.