In technology, the solution is to switch companies. I did this twice and approximately doubled my take-home pay each time.
Companies are desperate for good programmers. If you have the goods (and can prove it), you should have no trouble making whatever reasonable amount of money you want. If your company doesn't care that much, you can convince them to care (hard), or go elsewhere (easy).
It's a business, and you are the product.
(Oh, and something I've noticed when reading people's resumes... it's apparently fine to go back to your original company after you've gotten a raise via some other second company. The finance industry makes incest look good.)
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In technology, the solution is to switch companies. I did this twice and approximately doubled my take-home pay each time.
Companies are desperate for good programmers. If you have the goods (and can prove it), you should have no trouble making whatever reasonable amount of money you want. If your company doesn't care that much, you can convince them to care (hard), or go elsewhere (easy).
It's a business, and you are the product.
(Oh, and something I've noticed when reading people's resumes... it's apparently fine to go back to your original company after you've gotten a raise via some other second company. The finance industry makes incest look good.)