8 The offer: Knowing what to accept

Congratulations! You’ve got a data science job offer. This is a big accomplishment, and you should definitely take a little time to savor it. You’ve done a lot of work over the past months or even years to get to this point.

8.1. The process

8.2. Receiving the offer

8.3. Negotiation

8.3.1. What is negotiable?

8.3.2. How much you can negotiate

8.4. Negotiation tactics

8.5. How to choose between two “good” job offers

8.6. Interview with Brooke Watson Madubuonwu, senior data scientist at the ACLU

What should you consider besides salary when you’re considering an offer?

What are some ways you prepare to negotiate?

What do you do if you have one offer but are still waiting on another one?

What’s your final piece of advice for aspiring and junior data scientists?

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