Ask HN: How could non US based developer guesstimate his market value in US?

7 points by oreoftw 12 years ago | 4 comments

Disclaimer: I'm going through job application process, and next step will be a salary negotiation. I've read awesome http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ article by patio11, and trying to prepare myself for that.

How would you recommend to estimate market salary?

Given an SF startup company looking for a senior software engineer who's good at Python&Django and is a full-stack. They need help in renovating their saas solution.

If you would have to hire someone for similar position, what salary range would you think of?

Given you consider remote workers for this position also. Would you expect to hire them at lower price?

Thanks!

scriptstar 12 years ago |

Go and see how much they are paying for your kind of position in 3 of the sites below and take the average and add 30% more and start negotiating from there.

Payscale.com glassdoor.com salary.com

Yes, they tend to pay less for remote workers. But again agree with them in front asking to raise the salary after couple of months once they are happy with your performance.

wikwocket 12 years ago | |

Those three sites are the correct place to start. They are obnoxious and full of ads, but they provide a good ballpark estimate, even geolocated around your target area.

Now of course, if you're applying to a startup, all bets are off, and you should try to get whatever you can. Large businesses tend to follow the averages more, but startups may be coming from anywhere.

sharemywin 12 years ago |

They're considering a remote worker for a senior engineering position? Are they looking for an order taker or someone that's able to work with them to design and build a great product.

oreoftw 12 years ago | |

Well, that seemed to me that they're rather looking for senior engineer :) who is a senior engineer after all? They want to have a new team player.