I think the 20% rule is a good one, but ultimately I think its best to defer conversations about expected salary (especially if you're still in the HR/pre-screening bit of an interview, and not the technical bits yet) because, well, you're just going to low ball yourself. Interviewing while employed is flirting: no need to lay your junk out on the first "hello"
In terms of moonlighting or side-jobs as an independent contractor, the best advice I've heard is to figure out your hourly rate the same way high-priced lawyers do it: 1) Decide how much money you want per week. 2) Decide how many hours you want to work per week. 3) Divide 1 by 2. It's really not dickish to expect "a lot" of money or to hold your cards close to your chest. You're the talent. Unemployed, unhappy at a position, etc, is different, of course. On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have my own thoughts on this subject, of course, but I'd like to hear > what > > you guys say. > > > > > > > > When you're on the market, how do you determine your own value? > > The job offers I get are an index to my perceived value. > > I start out by asking for a lot of money, and if nobody wants to offer > me that much, I ask for less money until I start getting bites. > > Once hired, I make sure to deliver a lot of value, so that I am not a > "rip-off" for the company, but deliver at least my salary's worth > (usually more) and do so cheerfully. > > Best, > Aleksey > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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