As a writer or an actor, my understanding is that you usually hire an agent who negotiates on your behalf, and you give them some percentage of what you make.<p>All of the job placement middlemen I&#x27;ve seen on the IT side of things are paid by my counterparty, and thus work against me when it comes time to negotiate.<p>From what I&#x27;ve seen, the difference between negotiating well and negotiating poorly is often quite large.<p>Does something like this exist for people in the &quot;almost $200K&#x2F;yr total compensation&quot; range?    Should something like this exist?   What are the barriers to creating something like this?
Ask HN: Is there something akin to “agents”  in the software industry?