Patrick McKenzie on Salary Negotiation
Let’s discuss Patrick McKenzie’s thoughts on salary negotiation.
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Summaries of experts
There are three people who dominate the discussion on Developer Salary Negotiation right now: Patrick McKenzie, Haseeb Qureshi (especially for early careers), and Josh Doody. Throughout the next few lessons, I cover their main talking points, occasionally adding commentary.
Patrick McKenzie
Let’s discuss Patrick McKenzie’s thoughts on salary negotiation.
A five-minute conversation
A five-minute conversation can lead to $5-15k a year more in salary. Taking in 401k contributions and future salary compounding, this can add up to an extra $100k over ten years. Negotiation is not haggling or greed. It is what rich, successful, in-demand people do.
It is not an even playing field
Your client/company/recruiter has far more information than you do, and they feel very differently about negotiation than you do. It is NOT an even playing ...