Just because you say that you believe in paying people more, the person on the other side of the transaction has no way of knowing this. Unless you want to beli

Just because you say that you believe in paying people more, the person on the other side of the transaction has no way of knowing this. Unless you want to believe that all hiring managers are completely moral and ethical, and would never attempt to underpay someone, then you have to accept that the transaction is adversarial despite you not wanting it to be so.