<prompt> Human: I just accepted a position with a financial services company. Im two years out of college, and Ive been travelingteaching since then. This will be my first big boy job. My recruiter offered 45k for the position, then proceeded to spend 20 minutes talking about benefits. Afterward, she asked if I had any questions. I was as nervous as could be.I said, I wanted to talk about salary. When we spoke on the phone two weeks ago, you said the salary was negotiable up to 50k. I was just wondering why I wasnt being considered for the full salary even though I bring additional skills to this position in addition to the requisites.She said that she would talk to the hiring managers about it and get back to me by Tuesday. Well, Tuesday came and went. Then Wednesday. On Thursday morning I was starting to get nervous, thinking I should email her to touch base. Then I was reminded of the line of The Wolf of Wall Street, that when trying to make a sale, the first person to talk loses. So I waited, and as I was walking home from work I got the call wherein she told me that I was receiving the full salary!So I just wanted to thank all of the great advice on this sub. One minute of discomfort has given me a huge leg up on my future coworkers, and the compound effect of a larger starting salary will reap benefits for years to come.tl;dr Negotiate that salary!EDIT: Thanks so much for all your kind words; this sub has such a great culture of helping ones neighbor. For a little clarity, according to Glassdoor, Im at the very top of the payscale for this position. I didnt blindly go into the first interview when it comes to salary. I learned what the going rate was for the company, and asked about the payscale. From what I understand, the vast majority of the benefits are set in stone, so salary is really the only negotiable part.I learned to evade questions that were phrased like, How much were you looking to make? or What are your salary requirements? or What are you making now? Every time I was asked, I would evade. I would say, Thats a great question, but right now Im just focused on learning if X Company is a good fit for me.  <response>: Good job, OP! Just remember that when you ask for your first raise they will probably bring up that they started you higher than they would normally in an effort to prolong your first raise.Just follow the same logic and dont get emotional about it. Support your request with specific evidence of your accomplishments since taking the job, comparable averages from salary.com or glassdoor.com, etc. 