Here is my negotiation tactic: “I see on levels.fyi that people of my level make X dollars, I want the top of that range”

And magically I got 25% more TC. Only works for big enough companies with salary datapoints online.

It is kind of crazy how there is a bifurcation of TC between those who bothered to negotiate and those who didn’t. Being on the inside I know there are ranges for positions and if you push you can pretty much always get to the max for your range, obviously the recruiters will not give you a max TC offer right away.