Salary Negotiation Simulator

A 90-second interactive simulator that helps engineers prepare for the critical salary negotiation moment with recruiters. Many engineers freeze or accept lowball offers; this tool preps them for that specific conversation in a realistic, pressure-free way.

The post-layoff wave in tech has pushed hundreds of thousands of engineers back into job searches simultaneously, and there's measurable anxiety around compensation conversations given how much salary transparency has shifted norms in the last two years — people now know they're often underpaid but still freeze when it's live. Levels.fyi covers the data side but nothing interactive exists at scale for the actual conversation rehearsal; no clear incumbent owns this specific wedge. The $500–3k/mo ceiling is realistic but also the problem — this is a one-time-use tool for most people, which means retention is near zero and growth depends entirely on top-of-funnel volume from viral sharing or SEO, making it hard to sustain without a upsell ladder or cohort-based coaching angle. The single most likely failure mode is that engineers use it once, feel prepared, and never return or pay again, leaving you with high acquisition cost and no compounding revenue.