So I recently found out that just about every other company in this town pays their devs with equivalent experience at least 25% more than what my current employer does.

I requested a salary meeting and informed my boss that I'm way below the average for my position, he replied "Yeah, your salary has been below average for years now, yet you are my best employee in this area".

It hurts that he very well knew this fact and still decided not do to anything about it before I brought it up.

I told him that I don't feel rewarded for all my hard work and overtime, so I requested a 25% bump or I'm leaving in January.

I've been a consultant in the area of mobile apps for five years now and have stayed at the same company since getting my degree.

In the beginning I had an immense passion and worked on a lot of side projects/pro bono stuff during my free time. Around the same time as the pandemic hit I simply lost all my interest and energy, life has been going to work, go home, find something to eat and go to bed. I can't even find joy in playing video games, working out or cooking anymore, it's always browsing youtube/netflix because I can't find it in me to commit to anything that requires focus.

The project I'm currently in no longer gives me the ability to grow technically, it's just the same old stuff over and over with no opportunity to do proper maintenance or explore new approaches/frameworks/etc.

I recently found out that I make around 25-30% less than my peers in the same field and location, this was a blow for me since I keep getting praised both from customers, management and my fellow developers.

A year ago I asked management to find me a new project with the motivation that I don't want to stall my growth, they have yet to heed this request since I'm not easily replaced.

Cardiac arrhythmia twice this month to the point of hitting the floor face first. How does one talk about this with HR/PM?

@dfox I'm not sure if it is expected behavior or not but:
0. I press reply on a comment
1. (Not dependent if I write anything) but without submitting the comment and closing the view instead.
2. Presses reply again.
The comment then keeps the initial user tag but appends one more at the end of the comment like so. @dfox

Do you devs get sick often? In my previous workplace I was not sick once during my years there. But in this open office environment it occurs almost once every month.

An intern asked me for help today and I solved it within minutes.
First time I felt like I had evolved from a confused junior developer to something more. So happy.

Any of you guys that also faces existential crisis every sprint deadline? Not being able to fullfill PM's expectations is horrible.

The dilemma of having a job that I love but a salary that just breaks even with living expenses and student loans.

Story of my life

The one single time i succesfully remember my dream from the previous night it just had to be being in chased through a spooky building by this weeks sprint.

When you accidentaly build up so much static electricity that you zap your laptop and the screen goes black. 😅

For you mobile devs out there, what is your salary at? And how many years of experience?