> The _right_ way to ask for a raise is to do your own research on market rates, This only works until some point. I showed my employer that they pay me aroun

> The _right_ way to ask for a raise is to do your own research on market rates, This only works until some point. I showed my employer that they pay me around 15% less than median for software engineers in general (there’s public data here on this from taxes). The result was that they told me that 15% is too much offered me “even” an inflation-adjustment and in the end didn’t give me anything. All while also telling me they want to keep me and how I’m one of their best developers. Often getting a proper raise only works through jumping the ship.