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A comment on Ask HN: How do you approach salary negotiation when you know the upper range?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you approach salary negotiation when you k... by calcsam on Thursday May 15, 2014 @08:17PM (#7753091)
The advice I've heard (don't remember where from) is if they are willing to pay 50-60k, say you are looking for 58k to 70k. Hook the bottom end of your range in just under the top end of theirs.

Keep in mind also that SQL + web dev are two really complementary skills and it will take you far in backend jobs, ie, "build out our analytics dashboard"

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Re:Ask HN: How do you approach salary negotiation when you k... by andyakb on Sunday May 18, 2014 @11:13PM (#7765527)
You should never negotiate by giving a range. AT BEST they will give you the bottom end of that range. If the highest they can go is $60k, then start at 70 and dont counter below 60.
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