[LegitShady]

> So a few days later I was having an initial interview for a senior ML position and when asked how much I expect

Sometimes companies are looking to hire super cheap only and you gave your expectations as higher than they budgeted, so no point interviewing you, but also from your perspective, probably no point in being underpaid.

I'm sure we've all seen job ads where they talk about the mountains of experience and skills you need and then list near poverty wages as restitution, if they list salary range at all.