Fresh out of school, you're worth just about as much as someone you graduated with. 20 years into your careers, you may be worth 10x or 1/10 of that same perso

Fresh out of school, you're worth just about as much as someone you graduated with. 20 years into your careers, you may be worth 10x or 1/10 of that same person. Why waste people's time? It's a waste of time interviewing for a place if you know they aren't offering anything close to what you'll be asking. And if you're making 2-3x the median salary for that job title, you should probably get a comp range up front. I've been burned by this a lot. Don't talk comp, go through hours of interviews, taking afternoons off for in person interviews (in the before times), all to find out that their maximum for for the position is a 25% pay cut.