This is the best advice I got about this subject when I was a wee programming padawan: Your skills are worth what you're getting paid. No more, no less. As m

This is the best advice I got about this subject when I was a wee programming padawan: Your skills are worth what you're getting paid. No more, no less. As much as we'd like to say we create more value than other branches of the company, we don't. Value is determined by the buyer, not the creator. It's simple-much of the working world values the work of managers and analysts more than the work of the programmers. Therefore, they are paid more. Value is malleable so as you increase your perceived value, your pay will increase accordingly.