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#2 I'm no expert
From: Jay Banks <banks () darwin bu edu>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 93 12:01:21 -0400
Since my posting in YSN #1320 about "the salary question" and related matters, I have received two private e-mail requests for advice on such things. (Within the first hour after the digest arrived in my mail!) This disturbs me a bit, since it seems to imply that people think I know what I'm talking about. (Yes, I know, there's plenty of evidence, in other posts on YSN, that at least some people have no such illusions.) I really make no claim to expertise. I based my remarks on what little I've learned from (a) the good luck I've had in playing "hardball" and getting what I asked for, and (b) what MAY have been mistakes I made in NOT asking for enough. But asking for a lot can obviously backfire. I'd hate to see someone take my advice and end up losing a job opportunity. Basically, you have to develop a sense, both from general experience and the particular personalities and circumstances of a prospective employer, of how much you can get. It's more than a little like a poker game, and since I'm not usually a very good poker player, maybe I have just gotten lucky a few times. So please don't sue me if my advice doesn't work! jay ----------------------------- End of Digest *************
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