<prompt> Human: Here is the situation. I have passed the interview stage and have moved onto negotiating for compensation. I havent received an offer letter yet, but I have been asked about my desired salary and minimum salary from an internal recruiter to whom I was recommended by one of their staff who vouched for my skill. I made the silly mistake of mentioning my minimum salary requirement instead of deflecting and making them come up with a number, but I have not revealed my current salary only that what I am asking would more than double it.Being a Japanese employee, my salary is pathetic. I definitely dont want them basing their offer on that. Being that this is a silicon valley company, I asked for X having 5 years of solid relevant experience, and seeing that it is the midpoint in their glassdoor range as well as slightly above average for BLS statistics. Today I was informed that just because they are a Silicon Valley company doesnt mean that they pay Silicon Valley prices to people regardless of their location and they asked if I had a minimum requirement. Fair enough, the cost of living in Tokyo is lower than San Francisco as far as I can tell. So I settled on informing them of a minimum of Y Y is 30k a year less than X. I would be OK with that salary. Just to be clear, this is a telecommuting job as a senior software developer.The question is what to do if they try to lower it further. There is still a large range that would be more than I am making now, but I feel like I wont be taken seriously if I give away so much ground and make so much less than my colleagues. I would feel a bit outsourced. Is this feeling foolish? Should I take the job provided that it will be a certain percentage more than my current salary or should I take my chances and turn down the offer if this happens, and stay with the ultra pitiful salary?UPDATE Looks like my fears were unneeded. I got offered midway between Y and X and I am going to accept the current weak yen and the fact that I get paid in yen means that it is actually very close to X anyway. Thanks for the advice everyone.  <response>: If I were you, Id look for other job offers while keeping the company in question as a rebound so that you dont rely on just one offer. Basically the shotgun approach. Look for competing firms and you might find something better. Thats how capitalism is supposed to work when it comes to demanded labor, or the trade of anything really. 