Top Tech by Colin Lernell

Get an Edge in Your Tech Job Search

Welcome to Top Tech, where you get intel to land interviews and offers, then negotiate top compensation - delivered in a quick 5-minute weekly edition + value-packed deep dives, videos, and guest posts.

About the author:

• Former Senior Director of Product & Growth at Patreon — top creator platform, Noom — $600m+ revenue behavioral psych and wellness app, and Udacity — original online education unicorn helping millions learn data, AI, and engineering.

• Landed big tech Director, public company VP, and early-stage CPO offers

• Landed and helped land offers from MANGA+, growth-stage, and startups.

• Personally helped negotiate over +$10 million in job offer increases and helped countless candidates find better and higher-paying tech jobs.

What you will find if you subscribe…

🔥 Company Power Rankings — We highlight firms to target or watch out for based on growth, compensation, leadership signals, and more.

🚀 Who’s Hiring — See the startups and tech companies expanding teams.

💰 Salary Intel — Salary and equity benchmarks at top-paying companies.

📈 Market Analysis — Latest on hiring/layoff freezes so you can anticipate and adapt.

🧰 Tactical Tips — Scripts, templates, and hacks to score interviews, offers, and negotiate higher compensation packages.

🕵️‍♀️ Job Search Roadmaps — Step-by-step guides to target firms, find roles, network, interview, choose among offers, and more.

🥋 Negotiation Strategies — Strategies to assess offers, counter effectively, and maximize your worth.

Recent Deep Dives:

I Spent 8 Weeks Researching the 2024 Tech Job Market

Colin Lernell

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Apr 8

Tech jobs and stocks are up, layoffs are down, and the first AI software engineer is spooking tech workers - all while there's a 60% chance of a broad recession. As a tech professional, you might wonder what this means for your career. That's why I dove deep into the tech job market for you over the past 8 weeks, where I…

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Job Search

The Product Leadership Job Search

Colin Lernell

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Apr 18

The job market is finally opening up I had the pleasure of writing this 20k+ word deep dive into the Product Leadership job search with Aakash Gupta . The full piece can be found in his Product Growth Substack, one of the most-read newsletters among product managers with 105,000+ subscribers.

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Negotiation

[Video] Tech Salary Negotiation Deep Dive

Colin Late

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Jan 23

Last year, I recorded this workshop on tech salary negotiations based on my experience negotiating or helping negotiate over $10 million in job offer increases at big tech, growth stage companies, and startups. This will help you get 80% of the way there with the theory.

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PLUS: Guest posts from top figures in the tech world - from startups to big tech

Recent Guest Post:

Startups

5 reasons not to work for a startup

Gus Bessalel and Colin Late

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Feb 7

Hey, Colin here! In this guest edition, we get to hear from the author of The Startup Lottery: Your Guide To Navigating Risk And Reward, Gus Bessalel, who has 30 years of experience in the ups and downs of working for startups as both an employee and founder.

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