> Surely you're a lot more valuable to a company with two years' of experience in a codebase vs. a new company with no experience. You're not paid your value,

> Surely you're a lot more valuable to a company with two years' of experience in a codebase vs. a new company with no experience. You're not paid your value, you're paid the least amount a corporation can get away with paying you - which is a very different number. (Not that I resent it, it's part of doing business)