> The main tenet of this blog post is that you should argue for your compensation based on the amount of value you add to the company.
The truth is that your employer doesn't consider your value as a major part of their compensation offer, they consider what would happen if you didn't exist. Is there or isn't there an endless ocean of other candidates who could more or less do what you do and do it for what they're willing to pay you and no what you're demanding?
In case you aren't sure what the answer is, there is.
The trick is finding a field that doesn't have legions of hungry coders waiting to fill your boots..
Good STEM programmers (i.e. science companies) are very hard to find. The jobs aren't as abundant as web dev, but they are there, pay reasonably and it's easy to show how valuable you are to the company.
The truth is that your employer doesn't consider your value as a major part of their compensation offer, they consider what would happen if you didn't exist. Is there or isn't there an endless ocean of other candidates who could more or less do what you do and do it for what they're willing to pay you and no what you're demanding?
In case you aren't sure what the answer is, there is.