Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-09-07 Thread Brian Mathis
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: ca...@petalphile.com [mailto:ca...@petalphile.com] On Behalf Of >> carlo >> >> 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

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-09-01 Thread Nick Webb
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Stephen Potter wrote: > On 8/27/2011 6:49 AM, Luke S. Crawford wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 08:27:03PM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >>> >>> When you're on the market, how do you determine your own value? >> >> What I'm getting now plus 20%. > > I think,

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-09-01 Thread Stephen Potter
On 8/27/2011 6:49 AM, Luke S. Crawford wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 08:27:03PM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: When you're on the market, how do you determine your own value? What I'm getting now plus 20%. I think, particularly in this day and age, 20% changes in the US market is pretty m

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-29 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: Tracy Reed [mailto:tr...@ultraviolet.org] > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:45:45PM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey spake thusly: > > I find an approximate salary range up front is worth while for both sides to > > know. Because it's a waste of time to go through all the interview process, > > only

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-29 Thread carlo
Well, there's at least two bits here: 1) You want to go through those interviews anyway. Your offer letters is the most important data-set for determining your market value. You're not wasting your time. 2) How are you supposed to know what you want until you meet the team? Lets say it was a s

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-29 Thread Tracy Reed
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:45:45PM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey spake thusly: > I find an approximate salary range up front is worth while for both sides to > know. Because it's a waste of time to go through all the interview process, > only to discover it was never possible... That's fine as long

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-29 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: ca...@petalphile.com [mailto:ca...@petalphile.com] On Behalf Of > carlo > > 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 b

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-29 Thread david
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, carlo wrote: 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

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-29 Thread carlo
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 employ

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-29 Thread Aleksey Tsalolikhin
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Edward Ned Harvey 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

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-27 Thread Luke S. Crawford
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 08:27:03PM -0400, Edward Ned Harvey 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? What I'm getting now plus 20%. Obviously, this means that i

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-26 Thread Josh Smift
When I've been looking for a job, I've historically asked for something close to my current salary: Possibly higher if the new job has fewer perks, or the same or even a little lower if the new job has more (e.g. is in academia rather than dot-com craziness... hypothetically). But I've had the good

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-26 Thread Nick Webb
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > When you're on the market, how do you determine your own value? > I go to payscale.com and enter my skills, and the offer in hand, then aim for about 70% of the top value considering where I feel I am experience wise. It seems to be a

[lopsa-discuss] Market value

2011-08-26 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
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? When you're hiring, how do you determine their value? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@list