There is an optimum amount to ask for. How do you find it?
By looking at the distribution of that industry / company’s wages for someone of your qualifications and asking for something on the high end. They will then either accept or try to barter you down. Either way, you will most likely end up with more than what you would have gotten otherwise.
In other words, exactly what Viliam_Bur said to begin with.
By looking at the distribution of that industry / company’s wages for someone of your qualifications and asking for something on the high end. They will then either accept or try to barter you down. Either way, you will most likely end up with more than what you would have gotten otherwise.
In other words, exactly what Viliam_Bur said to begin with.