How to Negotiate a Big Tech Offer as a Software Engineer - with @Rahul Pandey

Rahul worked at a startup, at Pinterest and is now a staff engineer at Facebook. He negotiated close to a dozen offers. We share practical advice on how you can - and should! - negotiate Big Tech software engineering offers: both fro the side of the candidate, and from the viewpoint of the hiring manager.

Check out the second part of the conversation on Rahul's channel where I share my advice on getting promoted as an engineer in Big Tech: https://youtu.be/9M_HTNpe0AA

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Article mentions in the video:
➤ Equity for software engineers at Big Tech and startups: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/equity-for-software-engineers/
➤ What happens behind the scenes when you get an offer at Big Tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s75AeaTt0UM
➤ Salary negotiation advice from Patrick McKenzie: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

📚 Books I've written or recommend:
➤ Building Mobile Apps at Scale: https://www.mobileatscale.com (free as a PDF until 31 May 2021)
➤ Software engineering resumes: https://thetechresume.com/
➤ The Software Engineer's Guidebook (in progress): https://www.engguidebook.com/
➤ Books I've read and recommend on software engineering & engineering management: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/my-reading-list
➤ All books: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/books/

👨‍🎓 My email series to prepare for senior+ Big Tech Interviews: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/tech-interviews

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I've been a hiring manager at Uber, and Rahul, has worked at a startup, at Pinterest and Facebook. How does a compensation package look like for a software engineer at tech companies? How do base salary, annual bonus, equity (options, RSUs), signon bonuses and perks usually add up? What parts of the package can you negotiate? How can you line up multiple offers at the same time? We talk about these and more in the video.

00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Rapid fire questions
02:30 - What does compensation mean for software engineers?
05:15 - How important is equity?
06:06 - Offer negotiation advice from Rahul
08:45 - Offer negotiation insights as a hiring manager
09:55 - More negotiation advice from Rahul
12:26 - Tactical advice for negotiating

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