One software engineer's path to 40% salary raise

Posted by elmyraduff on Friday July 18, 2014 @04:45PM
from the salaryfairy.com dept.

https://salaryfairy.com/blog/how-I-got-a-40-percent-raise-using-salary-fairy

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Re:One software engineer's path to 40% salary raise by chrismcb on Saturday July 19, 2014 @03:08PM (#8058381)

I don't understand, when the recruiters asked about your salary history, why give it? Just tell them how much you expect to make, and that is that.

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Re:One software engineer's path to 40% salary raise by DanBC on Saturday July 19, 2014 @03:13PM (#8058395)

That's probably good advice, but:

1) some people don't like to lie.

2) telling an actual lie during some parts of the recruitment project leaves you open to rare but unpleasant effects.

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Re:One software engineer's path to 40% salary raise by throwaway283719 on Friday July 18, 2014 @05:21PM (#8055702)

Is this just advertising copy?

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Re:One software engineer's path to 40% salary raise by elmyraduff on Friday July 18, 2014 @05:26PM (#8055720)

No, this is an actual guest post from a real user.

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Re:One software engineer's path to 40% salary raise by throwaway283719 on Friday July 18, 2014 @05:39PM (#8055767)

I think it would be more convincing if it was on her blog and not on the Salary Fairy site.

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Re:One software engineer's path to 40% salary raise by actualhop on Friday July 18, 2014 @06:47PM (#8055991)

Will a Medium post suffice?

https://medium.com/p/c7ea9cef0b01

The part where I offered on my own to write it is 100% true, by the way. They wouldn't even suggest what to say, and they put it up with virtually no edits. Which is amazing, since it could probably use a few.

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