I think there's quite a difference between your average no-name senior developer and someone like GVR. Of course they didn't ask him to do coding exercises; th

I think there's quite a difference between your average no-name senior developer and someone like GVR. Of course they didn't ask him to do coding exercises; the whole world knows his work. But as a member of the population of senior developers who would have his abilities tested in an interview situation, offering me $25/hour for a significant amount of my time is a bit insulting. I understand that they aren't actually attempting to value your time at $25/hr and it's more of a show of good faith than an attempt at complete compensation, but come on, last time I did a short term contract was 9 years ago and I billed $150/hr. I haven't been in the world of contracting lately but my salary has more than doubled since then, so my feeling is that $25/hr is like saying "do fizzbuzz for me. I'll give you a dollar."