> Can that not be arranged? It can, and some companies are fine with that. The challenge is that even with companies that find that arrangement acceptable, man

> Can that not be arranged? It can, and some companies are fine with that. The challenge is that even with companies that find that arrangement acceptable, many of them aren't willing to pay more for the relevant experience. They want you to be in some kind of higher leverage role. So either you take less pay, get pushed into more responsibility, or you get lucky with a really good company (and that company manages to stay in business without a major management/culture shift).