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Ask HN: Should I Negotiate?

2 points by chrishemsworth ↗ HN
I'm a frontend dev with 5-10 years exp, fully capable of working independently and as part of team, living in Vancouver, BC for a number of years. The company I've been contracting for was recently bought out by a massive multinational that has an office here, and they offered me $105k base + benefits to continue as an employee. I think I have a sense of the local market, and want to judge my own skills appropriately, but the interview grind is absurd and I don't have that much money in the bank. If you're in Van, does that seem low to you? I've also made more than this locally in previous years, so I have that context, but how bad is it out there?

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dylanhassinger
What would you need to make to not shop around for 1yr? Counter to that.
bradwood
> 5-10 yrs exp

Which is it 5 or 10? If 5 that number is probably reasonable. If 10, maybe not.

chrishemsworth
It depends how you measure it. 5 or 6 measures strictly as full-time in the specific discipline of frontend development, closer to 10 in general software dev with varying time commitments
7thaccount
Would be low in that area for a traditional engineer (not developer) with 10 years of experience. For 5 years, it probably makes more sense in this economy and that area.

Not exactly what you're looking for, but I hope it helps. I'd say the average IT person or programmer tracks well with engineers. On the high end, I'd say developers can make a lot more (i.e. Facebook, Google, Amazon...etc).