It is all perspective , you like to think that role is great but maybe is not so much as you think. Maybe you just don't know better
Don't get me wrong; we all have to pay the rent. There there are indisputably times when, guess what, one just needs a damned job that'll pay the bills.
But for a lot of smaller companies with cool little projects? Yeah, I think it's totally reasonable for them to discriminate on that level.
Given that most people need a job to pay the bills, it seems that "I need the money" has to be one of the most truthful answers in a job interview (or "I want more money"). That's why it's a job and not just a fun thing to do. A lot of talented people probably wouldn't have a job if they didn't need it, but since they do they curtail their own desires to fit the needs of an employer in exchange for money. A lot of really great work gets done this way, but somehow it seems bad to say it.
