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financeLOW2026-04-30 01:09 UTC

How to Negotiate a Developer Salary (With the Actual Email I Sent)

Got the offer. Now what? Most developers accept the first number. Or they counter with a random 10% bump and hope for the best. Both approaches leave money on the table. I negotiated three offers in the past year. One added $15K to the base. One added an extra week of PTO. One went nowhere because t

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