You can ask for a raise in two ways (in my book) that are indicitave of someone who is in fact a high performer, or at least savvy. 1. You approach a manager w

You can ask for a raise in two ways (in my book) that are indicitave of someone who is in fact a high performer, or at least savvy. 1. You approach a manager with expanded responsibilities that would justify more pay. Or a detailed account of your undocumented responsibilities that justify more pay. Don't come at me asking for more money for the same job if you're not already (or plan on) doing more work than we agreed to. I went from Architect to Director this way. 2. You have another offer from another company and give your old company a chance to match. This could have ramifications that everyone goes around and around about. The general rule of thumb is not to do this, but if you believe in your current company, what you're doing them is informing them you're below market for YOU, and they've got an opportunity to fix that. I did this at one company and it worked fine, but I left a year later anyway. There's some stats that say a large portion of people who do this are gone within a year.