> A few years ago, I did not realize that new grads at companies were being paid more than I was! I switched companies to fix that. To everyone chiming in with

> A few years ago, I did not realize that new grads at companies were being paid more than I was! I switched companies to fix that. To everyone chiming in with how wild the salaries are, this is really the point. If you're doing competent work for less than the local market average, you're paying your company for the "opportunity" to keep working with them. Sometimes that's the right call for both parties. Most times it's not, and OP's transparency helps workers protect themselves from exploitation.