Show HN: Comparator - I built a free, open-source app to compare job offers

Y'all are getting multiple job offers?

That is the best way to max your salary. Interview with as many companies as possible, get as many offers as you can, and pit them against each other.

For the first interview that you get an offer, what exactly do you tell them to keep them from moving on to someone else?

Most don't extend employment offers out for months in my experience, or at least they really try to get you to agree off the bat. I imagine someone job searching is getting an interview once a week or so. Several times, I've had delays of weeks to months after just submitting an application to get the interview. So how do you just have multiple offers to juggle at any one time?

You plan about 4-6 weeks and communicate early on that you are talking to several companies, and that you plan on evaluating offers on X date. Companies will shuffle things around to meet your date if you give them time. If they aren't flex you don't want to work for them anyway.

No. I am not going to "shuffle things around". You are playing the hard to get, good for you.

For my part, I have hundreds of other candidates to choose from.

I mean, you're both correct.

It's kind of like how when selling a house your optimal strategy is rarely to try to appeal to the most people. Instead, modifications which greatly increase perceived value in a smaller subset (so long as it isn't too small for your personal goals) will alienate most customers but still increase the sale value in the same timespan.

When you're applying for jobs, some companies aren't willing to play that game, and if you're playing it then that's not just fine; it's ideal. You don't waste your time on companies who won't play ball. Enough will that the strategy still works.

I haven't heard this about houses; any examples? Would it be something like replacing the kitchen?