Recruiter: Your skills are amazing! There's hight demand! massive shortage! the market is hot!

Me: great

Recruiter: But your rate is too high.

Me: ....

He failed economics I see.

@Demolishun that might just be a requirement for becoming a recruiter

Its a race to the bottom, I swear we are all asmovian fucked

@fullstackchris its simple really, don't participate I. That race and stand form to your rate. You determine your rate, not them.

Me: … sounds a bit like a you-problem there I think… good luck! *hangs up*

Yeah it's the same from the other side.

Employer is profitable, and wants to grow.

"It's difficult, we can't find developers".

"How much are you offering"

"Standard market rate for a senior PHP developer"

"Have you tried correcting for inflation and changed supply/demand since you determined that rate in 2015?”

"No, that would be ridiculous"

@NeatNerdPrime yeah but then... 100 years later, not a single client request... RIP