Ask HN: How to determine my value as an employee?
I'm currently working as a consultant for a company, so I'm working hourly as an external contractor on a single project. Had a chat with my boss today (it's a small company so he also happens to be the CEO) and he mentioned that he was interested in offering me an internal position as a formal employee (currently I'm working as a contractor, 1099-NEC, all that fun stuff).
With this comes renegotiation and I am completely out of my depth. I'm a full-time college student, so I don't have any credentials to wave around. My boss mentioned that he considers me "intermediate" when he was talking about potentially hiring on more Junior SEs.
This is all very early in the process. I don't have a formal offer, and this was more a discussion of my future at the company than an interview or offer or anything; I just want to make sure I'm ready when the time comes.
So with all that, how exactly do you determine what you consider your value to be?