Being a Developer After 40

Re:Being a Developer After 40 by greenspot on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @05:18AM (#11570420)

You just gave yourself the counter-argument:

> The market will balance this out.

The employer can also and usually choose between different candidates and maybe there are some or many equally skilled professionals in country x offering their work for much less (because they can because of lower living costs). So, it's reasonable to ask for a lower price in such a context. It's not about disdain.

EDIT: why the downvote?

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Re:Being a Developer After 40 by rantanplan on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @05:32AM (#11570479)

How's that a counter-argument?

My argument is that "offer me whatever you want; I'll accept whatever I want".

I don't need a justification or a lecture on why I should consider your offer as a generous one. That's how much you can give for my services at a certain point in time. Even if I consider your offer low, I won't find it insulting. But I will find it insulting if you think that I should accept your offer because based on your opinion this is how much I should make because of where I live.

No thank you, I'll be the judge of that.

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Re:Being a Developer After 40 by Shorel on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @01:44PM (#11573996)

Both arguments are the same, by rejecting the offer, you, as part of the market, are deciding and affecting the market itself.

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