There are many people that are not comfortable with negotiation. They see it as a game, and want to avoid it. They would rather just produce something and get paid for it for a living, and cut all the bullshit. For those people, maybe the template below will help (just a suggestion).
1. Find out what you really like to do (technology or domain-wise etc)
2. Find out where you break even on your daily/monthly expenses.
3. Add to that a savings cushion that you are comfortable with. Thats your number.
4. Find out companies that do 1, and drop that number right away so that they know where you stand.
5. If company rejects, keep looking.
6. If the company okays it because they think its well below market rate, and you come to know of it, work for them for a couple of years and then jump ship.
You may have been low-balled for sometime, but you worked on something you liked, and have some experience under your belt to search for other opportunities in the same field.
1. Find out what you really like to do (technology or domain-wise etc)
2. Find out where you break even on your daily/monthly expenses.
3. Add to that a savings cushion that you are comfortable with. Thats your number.
4. Find out companies that do 1, and drop that number right away so that they know where you stand.
5. If company rejects, keep looking.
6. If the company okays it because they think its well below market rate, and you come to know of it, work for them for a couple of years and then jump ship.
You may have been low-balled for sometime, but you worked on something you liked, and have some experience under your belt to search for other opportunities in the same field.