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Re:What to Say When You're Asked for Your Salary History by abecedarius on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:44PM (#24901173)
I won't try to offer advice, but here's an anecdote of how not to do it:

In the 90s I applied to the startup where Peter Norvig was chief scientist, to work with him putting his prototype code into production. They decided to make an offer, but first asked about previous salary. I was reluctant, the manager said something reassuring, and finally I just told him. Context: I was a high-school dropout who'd just been working at NASA JPL, where the conjunction of government pay grades and my lack of degree meant a salary you'd laugh at nowadays. Further, I had no real experience with negotiation to help recover from this terrible mistake. So we never got anywhere acceptable from that anchor, and I had to go on to join a different and probably much less educational startup.

Re:What to Say When You're Asked for Your Salary History by cushychicken on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:57PM (#24901294)
That sucks. I'm sorry you missed out on that opportunity.
Re:What to Say When You're Asked for Your Salary History by Balgair on Monday October 26, 2020 @07:34PM (#24902800)
It sounds like they missed out on a great hire, if anything.
Re:What to Say When You're Asked for Your Salary History by abecedarius on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:57PM (#24904362)
Thanks to both of you.

I made up for this a little bit, later on, by hacking aima-python and a few other things on my own time -- that was probably more fun to work on anyway.

Re:What to Say When You're Asked for Your Salary History by cushychicken on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:36AM (#24907253)
>that was probably more fun to work on anyway

Not getting paid for something definitely increases the odds of working on the fun parts!

Re:What to Say When You're Asked for Your Salary History by cushychicken on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:35AM (#24907245)
Yeah, I agree. It sounds like a bummer for all parties.