A Non-Traditional Reply I Sent to a VP of Engineering Regarding a Software Engineer's Salary Requirements...

I'll be the first to admit to my reading audience that when a software engineer gets very close to a potential offer with a company, yes, it is time to start talking numbers with the executive team and internal recruiters. But I recently had a nice experience with a Hiring Manager here in Austin where I did not disclose any numbers at all for a Developer that I was working with and my words were…