Are you getting paid what you are worth?

[telos]

The obvious answer is "Duh, I am way underpaid!", because we all want more money. But take a good, hard look at what you do...

When the project is all said and done, what do you REALLY make per hour? Is it worth it?

Any thoughts would be awesome.

[smittenbite]

i wished i was being paid anything, being unemployed isnt funwhen i wanna go buy stuff all the time

[angelos]

This is a question of huge relativity and I doubt one can answer it objectively.

[nix112]

Well I'm just starting out really, and I tend to undercharge to get contracts. But as I gain experience I'll get better at estimating value.

[jtresidder]

This is a question of huge relativity and I doubt one can answer it objectively.

Isn't everything? Is Thierry Henri really worth £80million just because he can move an inflated pigskin around with his feet a little better than everyone else? I personally answered in the context of average earnings for positions that require the mix of skills I have and none of the ones I don't have. That's objective in this context, surely?

[ses5909]

I'm going to go ahead and say yes. I think I am paid what I'm worth.

[pinch]

I guess for starting out in .net development I'm compensated fairly, although I'd expect a healthy increase in the next few years.

[Jeremy W.]

When bidding on stuff, I always underpay myself. And when writing books the advances are so low I'm only making about 5-10$/hour by the end of it.

In consulting, I can make between 500-2500$/day, so then I'm "just about right". Some might think it's overpaid, but considering all the stress of travelling onsite, weeks of prepping for it, post-mortems, conference calls, etc, that go into it... I'm probably only making 50$/hour, which isn't crazy money really.

So yeah, I marked just about right, since by and large I do alright.

[BP2000]

I feel that I am somewhat underpaid. I can get the same money doing something else, with a lot less pressure and stress, however I really do enjoy my job so I am staying where I am .. maybe a payrise will be on the board someday *Fingers Crossed*

[Dark Tranquility]

I am somewhat underpaid...Speaking of teaching/research activities

[Aros]

I am way underpaid and hating it! I'm very close to the minimum wager of my country for my age and I'm a webdesigner!
I'm going to re-negociate my next contract when my current one is ending.

[telos]

Let me ask you guys (and gals) this:
if you could write your own check....what would you put on it?

[Egor]

Let me ask you guys (and gals) this:
if you could write your own check....what would you put on it?

About $10,000,000. How about you?

[Pacifer]

About $10,000,000. How about you?

I think you're a small thinker, but you're getting there.

[Aros]

$1,000,000,000,000 will get me going for quite a while But realistically atleast $3,000 /month for 20 hours a week would be better.
However though, I'm planning to get more into building profit from sites.

[vgarcia]

According to one salary survey I took, 60-75% of the people in my area with my job are making more money than me.

According to another salary survey I took, I make more than 70% of the people in the area with my job.

I'd say I'm slightly underpaid considering I don't lead an extravaggant life and still struggle with bills every month. I get them paid, but there's not much left to go around afterwards.

Slightly related: anyone know of a reliable and accurate salary survey?

[Jeremy W.]

$1,000,000,000,000 will get me going for quite a while But realistically atleast $3,000 /month for 20 hours a week would be better.
However though, I'm planning to get more into building profit from sites.

8K/month'd make me happy