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Yeah, though I consider lying a moral issue, it’s like no one should expect an honest answer to a deceptive question.

I always have an answer that is locked and loaded 20-40% more than what I’m actually making and generally ask for about 20% more than that. I’ve bumped my pay over $100k in 5 years doing that. Keep in mind I also refuse to work for FAANG-y companies.

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I tell them how much money it would cost to get me to leave my current job as my salary. Then they beat that by 5-15% on their own recognizance and everyone is happy.

I've thought about doing this when random recruiters e-mail me.

"I'm pretty happy where I am, but if you can offer me at least $X/year, I'm interested."

I imagine most recruiters would say they can't match that. Some would scold me for just looking for a paycheck, as if that's not what literally everybody is doing.

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