[JoshDoody]

I didn't submit this, but it's my guide, so I'll answer here :)

Two things come to mind:

1. Ask your network about companies that pay well. Pursue jobs at those who do pay well, and avoid companies that don't pay well. (Hopefully your friends getting lowball offers are telling other friends to steer clear of those companies.) 2. Use sites like Glassdoor, PayScale, salary.com and paysa to look for companies that appear to pay well. I say "appear" because these sites are a good place to start, but they're usually working with a pretty small sample size and their data could be biased depending on how they collect it.