Did a recruiter call, two remote technical interviews, then they flew me to their NYC office for on-site interviews. Then a call with their VP of Engineering, who seemed excited and offered several roles I could fill. Then they ghosted on me. After *WEEKS* of emailing recruiters and devs I’d been in touch with, I finally dragged it out of them. “Sorry, the salary number you threw out at THE VERY BEGINNING of our process is too high for our CTO, who you never talked to.” I told them a 10% bump over my current pay. No discussion, no negotiation, no bargaining, no exchange, no talking, no feedback. Rude. Giant waste of time. Either low-ball yourself and hope to negotiate up, or better yet, don’t bother.