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Answer: My offer with Google was a negotiation process.​ HR in general will mak.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest I just got offered a job at Google. The base pay is 19% lower than my current job. The total comp after bonus and GSU is still 7% lower. I think the opportunity to work at Google would be great but the comp level is disappointing. What should I do? John L. Miller, Software Developer at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle for 25 years. Ph.D. 236.6k views My offer with Google was a negotiation process. HR in general will make you an offer which they believe you will accept, but also leave room to negotiate. I've never heard ... Read More » Does Malia Obama deserve going to Harvard? Loretta B DeLoggio, higher ed admission, Colonial philosophy, and endless trivia. 70.2k views Without any reference whatsoever to President Obama and his children, I will give you the answer that I give to everyone anytime I'm asked this question: No one deserves a g...  Read More » How true is it that crying in a Ferrari is better than crying on a bike? Jay Bo, IT consultant, Dual US/Irish Citizen, enjoys judo/jujitsu, striking 110.9k views My wife was trying to decide whether to work at a big law firm for a while to pay off her law school debts or go straight into public interest law at a much reduced salary.... Read More » Is it better to start your career at Silicon Valley, or Seattle? Stan Hanks, CTO of Columbia Ventures Corp 85k views They both suck hard. As in really hard. As in will suck all the life out of you, provided you want to have a life other than work. And they both have advantages over the o... Read More » Why did Pedram Keyani leave Facebook for Uber? Pedram Keyani, Engineering Director of Growth @ Uber 241.2k views I'll always bleed Facebook blue because I believe so strongly in the mission. I think Facebook is an incredible place and for me it was time to find a larger and more strat... Read More » What's the freakiest thing that's ever happened to you on Social Media? Jordan Antinoja 42.8k views This story is going to make me look like something of an ignorant American - but it doesn’t make it any less interesting. My friends are all young adults ages 25–30. We have...  Read More » What are the most logical questions asked in an interview? Shantanu Goel 8.7k views Question: There are 3 light bulbs in a hidden room and 3 switches outside the room that correspond to those light bulbs. You do not know which switch affects which bulb an... Read More » What do 10X software engineers do in their spare time? Joe Francis, Computer Scientist, Fortune 500 Manager, Former US Army Captain 108.3k views I am generally regarded as a 10x programmer. Here is what I do with my spare time, in order. None of this is really a surprise. With respect to technical studies, for me the...  Read More » Does Google care or check how many times an employee brings a friend/guest to eat lunch? Austin C. Wells, Future PM at Microsoft 200.3k views It's one of those things that falls into the "don't be evil" mantra. If your family is visiting and Aunt Sue is person number three don't say, "Hey, sorry Sue, you're my ... Read More » How do engineers get promoted at Facebook? Nam Nguyen, Facebook Engineer 45.7k views I'm an engineer manager at Facebook, so please take my answer with a grain of salt :). The short answers to your questions are: no, not necessarily, no, and yes but not nec... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.