Take charge of your life.
Senior Systems Engineer - (City withheld for privacy), California, United States
Self confidence is key and knowing that no employer is paying you what you are worth, that is how they make a profit. If you do not ask they will only give you a cost of living adjustment, no matter how hard you work. For example, if you put in 15% unpaid overtime weekly they may give you 1% difference in the pay raise after you have already put in a year of OT. Watch out for yourself since your boss and company will not. They see your free OT as a bad thing, that you cannot get your job don...