The article, and this comment thread, is definitely heavy on the money factor, but there's also the everything-other-than-money compensation aspect mentioned in

The article, and this comment thread, is definitely heavy on the money factor, but there's also the everything-other-than-money compensation aspect mentioned in the article as well. I find it really hard to try and figure out what other benefits, aside from a salary hike, you might get from a new job. Realistically, I think you need to make your way right up until the point where they do or don't offer you something. Everything about the interview process is as much of the company seeing if they like you as it is you seeing if you like the company. Sure, if you have no intention of changing your employment situation, well, yeah, you're wasting a bit of someone else's time... but there's also the flipside that you might not even notice that there's something more interesting, or something intrinsically more valuable, about a new job until you actually get to the point where you're being offered it.