I agree with this, in the sense that he is obviously on one end of a major chasm between his own perception of his value and the market's. I say "market" because he quickly glossed-over the fact that he took the job reluctantly because he couldn't find any other work.
The simple answer is to run your own finances like a business. Know what you need to earn to be profitable to your level of satisfaction and turn down offers that don't meet that requirement. I've been in manys a job interview when the inevitable awkward question about salary expectations arose and I simply put out my number and didn't hear from them again. Fine, they made their decision on my value and I made mine and I move along without wasting anybody's time. I didn't blast the other employees at the companies or proclaim myself as an expert in the field.
I would say stop taking things so personally and if the company isn't willing to pay what you believe yourself to be worth, find one that will.
The simple answer is to run your own finances like a business. Know what you need to earn to be profitable to your level of satisfaction and turn down offers that don't meet that requirement. I've been in manys a job interview when the inevitable awkward question about salary expectations arose and I simply put out my number and didn't hear from them again. Fine, they made their decision on my value and I made mine and I move along without wasting anybody's time. I didn't blast the other employees at the companies or proclaim myself as an expert in the field.
I would say stop taking things so personally and if the company isn't willing to pay what you believe yourself to be worth, find one that will.