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Barry_Cotter comments on Open Thread, September 30 - October 6, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Barry_Cotter 02 October 2013 12:51:44AM *  10 points [-]

Don't deliberately screw yourself over. Don't accept less than the average for your position and either point blank refuse to give them negotiating leverage by telling them your current salary or lie.

For better, longer advice see [Salary Negotiation for Software Engineers](http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation)

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 02 October 2013 04:15:57PM 7 points [-]

I'm afraid I couldn't quite bring myself to follow all the advice in your link, but at any rate I increased my number to 125k. So, it helped a bit. :)