Don't underpay me; value me at an appropriate valuation. Do challenge me; do provide me with opportunity to grow. The total compensation is a somewhat viscous[

Don't underpay me; value me at an appropriate valuation. Do challenge me; do provide me with opportunity to grow. The total compensation is a somewhat viscous[1] weighted combination of tangibles and intangibles. Barring economic disaster, there are financial levels I won't go below, in part to maintain future-valuations, as well as to just keep my financial situation in order. [1] Buying a house, for instance, would increase my baseline need for cash. Raising a child would increase my baseline need for managing healthcare and other cash needs. A few years down the road, I will be looking for new challenges, increasing intangibles. :-)