I don't think they're _unimportant_ questions. For just one example, how much money you demand for yourself is directly related to how you value yourself, your

I don't think they're _unimportant_ questions. For just one example, how much money you demand for yourself is directly related to how you value yourself, your value to the company and the value of your work. If you go into those negotiations thinking you're a glorified macro, you're not likely to aim high for what you deserve. If this problem is widespread enough, you have a consistent cultural downward pressure on wages (like basically every other industry suffers). The _only_ reason developers make as much as they do is that a critical mass of them understands how valuable and difficult their work is, how much their work allows the company to grow and profit, and they ask for what they deserve. If we lose that, we're fucked.