Roadmap › Career Gaps, Job Changes & Salary Negotiation › Module: Salary and Offers
Lessons in this course (11)
7. Researching your market value
Intermediate★ Must knowLesson 7 of 11
- Define your profile: role, years of relevant experience, key skills (e.g. .NET + Azure + SQL), location, company type (service vs product vs startup vs MNC/GCC).
- Collect data from several sources (salary sites, recent offers of peers, recruiters, job ads with salary ranges — common in Taiwan on 104).
- Build a range: market low / median / high for your profile.
- Decide your numbers:
- Walk-away (minimum you'd accept, considering current pay, cost of living, risk).
- Target (realistic for market and your strengths).
- Anchor (what you'll state — at or slightly above target, justified).
- Consider total compensation, not only base: bonus, equity, benefits, learning, commute/remote, stability.