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Early job in the 90s - first 'web' job (1998) - was earning around $40k - $20/hr (more or less). I was being billed out at $125-175/hr. Factor in a loaded cost for me with some 'benefits' (not much) and it was ... $30/hr? Being billed out at 4-6x your wage eats away after a while. I was given some motivational stuff about teams and overhead and such. I asked for an office with a door and $60k salary, and was rejected, so I left. Had they even just given me the office with a door, I'd probably have stayed, and life would have been a lot different. They had a new office building built to spec - with a cube farm, then a wall of offices with doors. Those were empty. "For future managers". I wasn't allowed in them - they sat there empty. :/