>That's just my point. People like you and other "gurus" here may command 6 figure salary for just showing up to an interview. But This guy knew VFP, but nothing else.
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>I asked him how much he was making in his current job, he said he was making ~55K. So, naturally I asked him why he was expecting such a jump in salary, and he said "I'm sick of making less then everybody in my department". So,I told him thanks for coming in and good luck in your job search.
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The point is, there's a strong market for developers at the $50/hr range as a job shop body, which translates to $100K/annum if you can work 2K hours/year at that rate.

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>>>I just came across an applicant who seem to know foxpro, but nothing else (no client server or any other vfp musts) he wanted 80K/yr as his base salary.
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>>>Is this where the market is right now?
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>>It depends on who you are; if I went back to work at a corporate environment, I'd expect to do better than that, but I know a good deal more than just basic FoxPro, too.