Agreed. I actually had a good time interviewing with them. I'm not sure if it was normal, but it was essentially a 2 week email thread with a few GitLab devs as

Agreed. I actually had a good time interviewing with them. I'm not sure if it was normal, but it was essentially a 2 week email thread with a few GitLab devs asking me to explain various architectural parts of their system. I had fun diving into their system and getting to know it, including a few of their Go projects like workhorse, but I stopped the process after being told I couldn't ask for more than $60,000 for the position. Cool company, but the pay is just too low.