[tootall]

Thank you for your thorough reply, I really appreciate it.

I can guarantee you I'm no guru at all, I just have a solid understanding of distributed systems on top of average coding skills.

Anyway, I talked to the recruiter and have still been on the defensive side, so he just told me to share with him what's the number I'll need in order to stop this and just say yes, and he'll work with the financial department to see what he can do. I'm going to probably try to get a very mild increase after I hear what the other companies have to say, but it's definitely good to know I can't overly milk the cow