Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Your ability to negotiate is undeniably one of the highest-leverage skills you can learn. But tech workers are notoriously bad at negotiation. Based on discussions with 100s of tech workers, there are 2 common reasons for this:
1. They choose not to negotiate. They somehow view negotiation as a perverse 'badge of honor' that they simply accept the first offer they receive and they don't want/need to ask for any adjustment.
2. They try to negotiate but are ineffective. They don't have leverage or cannot defend why they're asking for certain things.
This course is designed for tech employees who are exploring job opportunities and will receive a job offer in tech (and ideally multiple!). My goal is for you to feel confident and strong in discussions you have with recruiters and hiring managers.
This course is broken down into 3 major parts:
1. Principles - How does negotiation work and why is it worthwhile?
2. Planning - What should you do (and not do) before and offer you receive an offer?
3. Tactics - What is the best course of action for various scenarios?
If you get more than a $10K increase in your compensation by following the tactics outlined in this course, send me an email at rahul@jointaro.com -- we will celebrate together!
π± Accelerate your career growth: joinTaro.com
β€ Connect with Alex: linkedin.com/in/alexander-chiou
Hi! Iβm Rahul, a software engineer and founder with a passion for teaching.
πΉ YouTube: youtube.com/c/RahulPandeyRkp
π LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234
π¦ Twitter: twitter.com/rpandey1234
πΈ Instagram: instagram.com/rpandey1234
π Github: github.com/rpandey1234
Your ability to negotiate is undeniably one of the highest-leverage skills you can learn. But tech workers are notoriously bad at negotiation. Based on discussions with 100s of tech workers, there are 2 common reasons for this:
1. They choose not to negotiate. They somehow view negotiation as a perverse 'badge of honor' that they simply accept the first offer they receive and they don't want/need to ask for any adjustment.
2. They try to negotiate but are ineffective. They don't have leverage or cannot defend why they're asking for certain things.
This course is designed for tech employees who are exploring job opportunities and will receive a job offer in tech (and ideally multiple!). My goal is for you to feel confident and strong in discussions you have with recruiters and hiring managers.
This course is broken down into 3 major parts:
1. Principles - How does negotiation work and why is it worthwhile?
2. Planning - What should you do (and not do) before and offer you receive an offer?
3. Tactics - What is the best course of action for various scenarios?
If you get more than a $10K increase in your compensation by following the tactics outlined in this course, send me an email at rahul@jointaro.com -- we will celebrate together!
π± Accelerate your career growth: joinTaro.com
β€ Connect with Alex: linkedin.com/in/alexander-chiou
Hi! Iβm Rahul, a software engineer and founder with a passion for teaching.
πΉ YouTube: youtube.com/c/RahulPandeyRkp
π LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234
π¦ Twitter: twitter.com/rpandey1234
πΈ Instagram: instagram.com/rpandey1234
π Github: github.com/rpandey1234



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β€ Connect with Alex: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-chiou/
Hi! Iβm Rahul, a software engineer and founder with a passion for teaching.
πΉ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulPandeyRkp
π LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/
π¦ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rpandey1234
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpandey1234/
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Beyond the obvious reason of helping others, what are the benefits of creating technical content through a YouTube video, an article, or other formats?
Afraz (@iOSAcademy) is a senior iOS engineer at Microsoft, and he also runs the popular YouTube channel iOS Academy with tons of app tutorials + explainers. Before Microsoft he worked at Capital One and as a consultant where he published dozens of iOS apps. Watch the video on his channel about mobile development in big tech: https://youtu.be/MaTTkE-DWU0
Connect with Afraz:
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iOS Academy website: https://iosacademy.io/
Hi! Iβm Rahul, a software engineer with a passion for teaching. I went to Stanford, was a founding engineer at a startup, and have worked at various companies across Silicon Valley. Iβm currently an Android Developer at Facebook and teach an Android class at Stanford. Would love to connect with you! This channel is about tech (especially Silicon Valley), combining tactical how-to guides with interviews.
πΉ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulPandeyRkp
π LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/
π¦ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rpandey1234
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpandey1234/
π Github: https://github.com/rpandey1234/
Bookmarks:
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4:30 - [Rahul] What was the motivation to start putting content on YouTube?
8:00 - Competition + opportunity in content
9:35 - How do you decide what content to create?
13:30 - How did you decide how to name your channel?
16:50 - Balancing YouTube with a full-time tech job
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