Do I negotiate my first offer?

Emphatically YES.

Salary ranges for first time jobs vary greatly. They depend on:

• Experience (If you’re reading this, it’s most likely 0 for you)

• How well did you do in your interviews?

• Which location are you working from?

• How big is the company? ex. startup pay is very different from FAANG pay

These are a few sites I recommend to figure out what are reasonable salaries taking into consideration the above factors:

• Comprehensive

• Triplebyte Salaries

• Levels.fyi

• Glassdoor

• Payscale

• Salary.com (No need to pay to see salaries! p.s. if this changes, message me)

Female focused:

• Elpha Salary Database

• FAIRYGODBOSS Salary Database

Now that you’ve done your research on salaries, let’s get you pumped to negotiate!

Resources:

• Fearless Salary Negotiation - Best free online resource for software engineers

• Ladies Get Paid - Great content on getting what you’re worth; you don’t have to be a lady to read!

• Be Brave, Get Paid - I saw Kathlyn speak in person. She’s phenomenal. She’s also got a ton of great, free resources.

• Know Your Worth, and Then Add 20K

Lastly, know that you can negotiate more than money. Maybe you’re OK with the money amount, but you’d really like more vacation days. Or perhaps, you’d really like to work two days a week from home. Many things are negotiable!

I like these examples of perks you can negotiate and these ones.