Bram Cohen
bramcohen.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2011
Bram Cohen, creator of BitTorrent, writes about protocols, version control, cryptography, Bitcoin, and hiring and career advice.
What HN saysHN links his post 'Never Make Counter-Offers' in salary negotiation threads, where commenters present it as a different perspective on counter-offers.
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thembones · 2016-10-03
Giving counter-offers is just as bad as accepting, you're right. This has been written on as well, http://bramcohen.com/2011/12/04/never-make-counter-offers
jotux · 2014-01-16
Bram Cohen had an article about this a few years ago that offers a different perspective: http://bramcohen.com/2011/12/04/never-make-counter-offers