He/Him/His
I'm a Software Engineer and a teacher.
There's no feeling quite like the one you get when you watch someone's eyes light up learning something they didn't know.
Negotiating was a part of the process I was not looking forward to. I'm not a negotiator by nature and probably would have gone along with any reasonable offer I got just so I wouldn't have to stir up any controversy.
The company made it "easy" for me though, they came with an offer that was so far below industry standard (and not much more than what I was making at my pre-developer job), that I really had no choice, it was either negotiate or reject the offer.
I countered with some figures I found for junior developer roles in our area and eventually they settled at the lower end of the range I gave them.
Half a year later I left for a company that offered me what was effectively an 80% raise.
I'm interested to know when you left for the company that offered you higher half a year later, did you tell them/were you asked about just "half a year experience" at your old company? And if you did/were, what did you tell them about why you made the decision?
He/Him/His
I'm a Software Engineer and a teacher.
There's no feeling quite like the one you get when you watch someone's eyes light up learning something they didn't know.
I don't think this particular company asked me, but there were definitely others I interviewed with that asked.
It was a challenging question for me. There were plenty of valid reasons why I wanted to leave the first one (beyond just salary), the culture was pretty toxic, it involved a long commute, and we had to deal with unsupportive management that viewed the developer team as an expense rather than an asset.
On the other hand I didn't want to sound like I was a negative person who just complains all day, so answering why I was switching so soon was balancing act between sounding positive and giving enough context to let the interviewer know that when I found a company that supported me I would be more than happy to stay with them for the long-run.
Most of the time I tried to make the answer about the company I was interviewing with, what it was about them that attracted me to them, why I was excited to work there. In other words, to make it sound, not like I was running away from the old company, rather that I was running to join the new company.
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Yes, I did.
Negotiating was a part of the process I was not looking forward to. I'm not a negotiator by nature and probably would have gone along with any reasonable offer I got just so I wouldn't have to stir up any controversy.
The company made it "easy" for me though, they came with an offer that was so far below industry standard (and not much more than what I was making at my pre-developer job), that I really had no choice, it was either negotiate or reject the offer.
I countered with some figures I found for junior developer roles in our area and eventually they settled at the lower end of the range I gave them.
Half a year later I left for a company that offered me what was effectively an 80% raise.
I'm interested to know when you left for the company that offered you higher half a year later, did you tell them/were you asked about just "half a year experience" at your old company? And if you did/were, what did you tell them about why you made the decision?
I don't think this particular company asked me, but there were definitely others I interviewed with that asked.
It was a challenging question for me. There were plenty of valid reasons why I wanted to leave the first one (beyond just salary), the culture was pretty toxic, it involved a long commute, and we had to deal with unsupportive management that viewed the developer team as an expense rather than an asset.
On the other hand I didn't want to sound like I was a negative person who just complains all day, so answering why I was switching so soon was balancing act between sounding positive and giving enough context to let the interviewer know that when I found a company that supported me I would be more than happy to stay with them for the long-run.
Most of the time I tried to make the answer about the company I was interviewing with, what it was about them that attracted me to them, why I was excited to work there. In other words, to make it sound, not like I was running away from the old company, rather that I was running to join the new company.