[quote=kev374]It’s just frustrating, I have looked at node.js, mongoDB, Express.js etc. and all that stuff is WAAAAY easier than what I am breaking my head here doing. I think some of those guys are making $150k+ so i’m thinking perhaps MEAN stack can up my salary? I’m just tired of making $125-130k as I think I should be making way more given how complex all this crap is…
btw, $130k is not enough. Everyone and his dog is making that these days. Even the guy here that barely knows how to markup a HTML document is getting $100k! WTF??
And at my last company…there was an INTERN, she barely knew WTF she was doing and she was paid $95k and did I mention she was an Intern??[/quote]
not to sound antagonistic. You are an engineer. Look at this problem without an emotional viewpoint.
if your x-company is paying an intern who “barely knew” anything $95K, or nearly as much as you make, to an objective observer:
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
only in the 4th scenario that you can ask for a big raise.
alternatively, if you can’t beat them, join them. Learn a new skill/code and make the money you think you should.
