The most important part of getting paid more is asking for more. Tomorrow, your hourly rate is $60. Doesn't matter whether it is. The next time you talk to som

The most important part of getting paid more is asking for more. Tomorrow, your hourly rate is $60. Doesn't matter whether it is. The next time you talk to someone, that's your rate. Then when you're hired, you deliver. If they're happy with your work, you must've been worth at least that much. Why does a SaaS cost $500 bucks? Why not just $50 or $5? The things we do are immaterial. You can deliver $200k worth of value off of a 6cents/hour aws instance. Why is my code writing worth $200/hour? Why is it worth anything? Sure, markets. But in order for there to be a market, someone has to create one. If you never ask for more money, nobody is going to give you more money. What I'm saying is, if you do good work, you may as will ask for $60. There's really no difference. You're either a good engineer or a bad one. If you're a bad one, you really shouldn't be making any money at all. If you're a good one, there's no reasons you should only be making $30.