[feedjoelpie]

Because it's not fixed. We don't usually hire for a particular, specific level of talent/experience except in rare cases when we need to fill out a specific growth area. We just bring in people who seem interesting and then see if we can fit them somewhere.

Also, we're honestly pretty new at this. Our company's a little over two years old, and only in the past year have we gone from poaching people we already know and trust to interviewing people we've never met.

[logfromblammo]

A) If how much money you want from us isn't even an option, we don't waste your time.

Because it's not fixed. We don't usually hire for a particular, specific level of talent/experience except in rare cases...

You may not realize it, but those two statements are contradictory.

Asking price and value are correlated values. If you have a hard limit on what you can pay, you have a soft limit on the quality of your candidates. And by putting a low-pass filter on the interview process, you are clipping off higher levels of talent/experience.