Just realized how much a simple salary spreadsheet changed my friend's job hunt

My buddy in Austin was getting lowballed for months, so he started tracking every offer and interview question in a Google Sheet. After three weeks, he spotted a pattern in the benefits packages and used it to negotiate an extra $8,000 at his new gig. Has anyone else used data like this to get a better deal?

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spencerw721mo ago

My spreadsheet would just be a list of rejections.

tylerbutler1mo ago

I kept a spreadsheet for my last job hunt and it had 87 rows before I got an offer. The key for me was adding a column for "next step" and a date to follow up. It turned a list of no's into a plan that kept me moving forward. Seeing those follow-up tasks gave me a small win to focus on instead of just the rejections.