Education: B.S. in Math and CS
Years of Experience: 8 total, 5 in SWE roles
Experience: Startups
Date of the Offer: April 2020
Company: Facebook
Title/Level: E4
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: 75000 + full relocation
Stock bonus: 16700
Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): $302450 (signing bonus split over four years)
Benefits: Full
Facebook, Amazon, and Google all made offers. My negotiation "strategy" was to be very open and honest with all recruiters, keeping them informed about what everyone else was saying.
Facebook's initial offer was about $295000/year.
Google made a counteroffer 5% higher than that.
Facebook had largely maxed out the E4 pay band and so were unable to fully match, but did bump up the base salary a bit.
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