[WheelsAtLarge]

Recruiters have a conflict of interest. They get paid by the company that hires the tech. So in theory they should work hard to get you a great salary, if they negotiated it. But, what ends up happening, when there is a conflict of interest, is that most recruiters would try to get the best salary that would get you hired and keep them from losing the opportunity of a commission. Which is not always the best for the tech.

I think that the salaries of some programmers and such have gotten high enough so that something similar to an agent should be available to negotiate salaries. There are some programmers that should be called superstars and they should be paid as such.