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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by orev on Friday October 14, 2022 @09:07PM (#33210586)
It doesn’t even have to be bluffing. Salary for a new position should be decided based on how much value you can bring to the position, and how much each party is willing to accept. Previous history is the most irrelevant part of the process.
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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by Firmwarrior on Saturday October 15, 2022 @09:47PM (#33220386)
I wish more engineers understood this

If I started hunting for a new job now, I wouldn't take $current*1.05f, I'd go for $MARKET_RATE

That's the only number that really matters here when push comes to shove. It doesn't matter how good you are, no local companies are going to pay you $500k/year to act as an individual contributor in Idaho or Tokyo, because the market rate is ~$90k. On the plus side, if you get an offer for a principal FAANG engineer position in the SF Bay, you can negotiate up to $500ish even if your last job was paying $90k.

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