I like this concept of making an unreasonable number of reasonable requests when negotiating. When you apply it to job offers it has a useful effect of help you understand reasonable requests to change a job offer are a good thing.
I listed out over 10 major requests you can make when negotiating a job offer such as Salary and even things like figuring out how many weeks of severance you get in advance. (To read this list you have to sign up).
I’ve written some guides on how to start session-based testing quickly and how to expand on the idea to fit various scenarios. If you’re not familiar with sessions this is a way to get going fast and have fun. Worth a try, I think.
I haven’t moved jobs very frequently and so my top priorities do tend to change a bit more dramatically. I think this makes sense. If I changed jobs every year I wouldn’t expect much variation but over a long period of time I’d expect them to change a lot more.
For example: Early on in my career it was more about salary. At another point it was more about equity %. Then I really wanted professional development and conference costs covered. Now I want more flexibility in job schedule, PTO, etc.
Another important note about being in tech (at least in the US): our salaries & overall compensation tend to increase regularly. Remote work is really common too. So some things generally just kind of become accepted which is nice.
Interesting that you blog on LinkedIn. Actually its more like a long form social media post, which also makes sense that you are posting about your job search.
Do you think you’ll still write on LinkedIn when its not job search related?
Thank you. I used to refer to learning as “continuous learning” and did so until I was corrected by Kevin Cahill. I found his reasoning interesting and wrote this about the discussion I had with him. I hope that you find it interesting too. Please let me know what you think: Should we practice continuous learning? – TestAndAnalysis