Let's get one thing straight: Clients don't set your price tag. You do. If you're elite - skills sharp, culture fit tight, pedigree solid, the market bends around you. Salaries aren't "offered," they're matched. And yet... too many top performers still walk into interviews like they're asking for permission. Nah. Times have changed mate. In the startup + AI world, demand for A-players is brutal. Companies aren't hunting resumes... They're hunting builders who turn "impossible" into launch day.