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I don't feel underpaid, but I definitely feel like I've lost tons of ground in the last 2 years. The floor has risen big time. Entry level jobs are paying up to 60k these days, whereas they were closer to 30k a few years back. Good for them, seriously. But watching the floor rise closer to you is never a great feeling.
That's a strange concern you seem to have... why does it bother you that fellow programmers are getting salaries close to yours? Do you think it would feel better if your salary could be 5x higher than theirs? Why? That will not actually affect you negatively in any way! Unless you're being actually underpaid compared to your peers with the same experience and skills, there's only good things about people with lower…
Re: Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Makes Techies Feel Underpaid
#51What a condescending tone. I guess you're an objective meritocracy absolutist or something. To me, it seems like anything but shifting the whole ladder would discount every year you spent at the company and your experience level up to whatever value your role creates. It means there's 30k more available per person, but maybe not for people already there, and that's a lower ceiling. Good time to consider trying to switch.