You know the Kennedy Center ? The place that finds jobs for mentally disabled people?
They make $9.
My impossible standards aren't down at $11, They are down at the bargain-basement price of $18. I won't go to an interview for less than $18, and I Won't get up in the morning for less than $22. I'm "content" at $32 and prolly won't look for another job while I'm at that job.
The new jobs I'm looking at now are paying $32, $35 and $38 respectively. I can live with that. But my goal before my 30th birthday is a permanent gig at $90k.