[quote=kev374][quote=bobby]
1.she’s a daughter of the CEO, COO, VP, managing director (it’s not what you know, it’s who you know)
2. she’s a superstar and they want to recruit her (ie your assessment of her is wrong)
3. your skill is just a little more than hers, hence your slightly higher pay (see first line of my post)
4. you don’t know how to negotiate your salary despite being a much superior coder
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#1 is wrong, she is not
#2 is wrong, she eventually got laid off because she was so bad and the manager could not take it anymore
#3 is wrong because I know people in my field at my level who actually make less than me
#4 is wrong because of #3, I am making more than a lot of my peers and am at least in the 75-80th percentile of the pay for my position.
I am not saying I am not compensated according to the market, what I am saying is that the MARKET itself does not pay according to the difficulty level of the job compared to other jobs I know that need less expertise and pay more.[/quote]
I don’t get it then. You make more than a lot of your peers yet your are stating that you are not making as much as your peers.
but you know and I know that life isn’t fair.
I’m in medicine. some subspecialty, such as derm, is relatively easy and pays a whole bunch. Internal medicine is complicated and pays a pittance (relative to derm). If you want easy life and more money, go into a subspecialty. Some docs going to disagree but this is general consensus.
If something else is easy and pays more, go do that. Why stay in your field then complain?
