> Honestly a few percent raise a year for a competent programmer is insulting, assuming you're increasing your skill set all the time. Huh? Expecting raises o

> Honestly a few percent raise a year for a competent programmer is insulting, assuming you're increasing your skill set all the time. Huh? Expecting raises of any sort from an employer is insulting to them, unless you're increasing the value you bring. There are loads of devs I know 'increasing their skills set' yet not bring any actual value to the business they're employed in. The two points can be quite orthogonal, and the business is really only going to care about what value you're bringing to the table.