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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 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.
The Weekly 5 Minute Edition features:
🔥 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.
Recent Weekly 5:
🍎 FAANG+ Hiring Data, +$150k/yr Negotiation, Lots of Jobs, Referrals 📈
🌟 I am considering offering an intensive weekend interactive workshop to jumpstart your tech job search and land your next interview. 4+ hrs each day Sat and Sun with the first session starting as soon as this coming weekend. Resume reviews, actual outreach, and more included.
Deep Dives includes one in-depth topic in each issue:
🕵️♀️ Job Search Roadmaps — Step-by-step guides to target firms, find roles, network, interview, choose among offers, and more.
🥋 Negotiation Black Belt — Strategies to assess offers, counter effectively, and maximize your worth.
🚀 Rising Stars Profiles — Profile one breakout startup, lesser-known high-growth firm, or underrated team worth targeting.
Recent Deep Dive Video:
[Video] Tech Salary Negotiation Deep Dive
![[Video] Tech Salary Negotiation Deep Dive](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1300,h_650,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-video.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvideo_upload%2Fpost%2F140976359%2Ff7f5b56e-a3b0-4472-b915-7bd4687488b9%2Ftranscoded-1706043766.png)
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.
PLUS: Guest posts from top figures in the tech world - from startups to big tech
Recent Guest Post:
5 reasons not to work for a startup
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.
We summarize intel to accelerate your job search and salary.
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