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I find it odd that people would put such a wide discrepency between current and desired salary.

If you are making 30K, as a webdeveloper and are seeking 60K as a web developer, I dont see why anyone would read this and think "Hey, here's a guy who wants double what he is making now, lets go get him"

Like the manager in UAE who states 130K current and 180K desired.

50K is a lot, even though its a smaller % than the 100% - Why do these people feel that if they are worth twice what they are making now, that advertising via this site is a good idea.

Maybe I'm confused?

Like this one:

"I'm a Generalist, and I currently make $120,000 in San Francisco. I'm ONLY interested in jobs as a Generalist that pay at least $140,000 in San Francisco."

This tells me absolutely nothing.



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