Discussing with your peers how much you are being paid is the only way you figure out your value. Companies are quite opaque and it's hard to know what you are

Discussing with your peers how much you are being paid is the only way you figure out your value. Companies are quite opaque and it's hard to know what you are worth to them, that's why they don't disclose this sort of thing. (and get angry when workers discuss it) You would do yourself (and the people in your world around you) a whole lot better service if you worked together, rather than worrying about embarrassment.