About compensation there is an easy trick: decide on your limits before starting to negotiate and stick to them, really stick to them. Don’t be insulted if the other party doesn’t agree, that’s your price, and it’s their decision to take it or leave it. And tell yourself you deserve the compensation you decided on.

There is the risk that you fail at a negotiation, but you have to take it. If the job is not very well paid, there is probably another one just like that, you can still take as a backup.