[tracker1]

It depends... I've been working remotely the past few years for about 40-50% above local market rates excluding a fairly long 7-month unemployment (planned on 3 months down, but took much longer). I have been approached a bit (few emails a week) for local, in-office jobs at local market rates. YMMV.

[game_the0ry]

Role? Specialty? YoE?

[tracker1]

Currently employed as a Staff Engineer (position), working in a project in an Application Architect role (title in the client company), and have been working in software for close to three decades.

I've mostly worked in/around web based applications from front end, to back end, to orchestration and security infrastructure. I've worked in eLearning (mostly Aerospace) and Banking more than other industries.

Edit: I have no formal education beyond high school.. I'm self taught and have spent 10-20 hours a week on average reading, learning, experimenting and generally honing my knowledge and craft for my entire career. This has likely held me back in a lot of the companies I've applied to over the years. I also suspect that ageism is working against me now more than ever.