Need some tips on asking for a rate increase (software engineer)

[semtex]

I'm a junior level dev right now. A year has passed since I was hired out of college. I'm not just asking because of that but because my abilities have increased and so have my responsibilities. Just built a whole feature on my own with no help. I'm currently underpaid even for a junior. Any tips?

Btw I'm a contractor

 

[Liu Kang]

I'm a junior level dev right now. A year has passed since I was hired out of college. I'm not just asking because of that but because my abilities have increased and so have my responsibilities. Just built a whole feature on my own with no help. I'm currently underpaid even for a junior. Any tips?

Btw I'm a contractor

You have a good sticky thread about IT careers : http://www.thecoli.com/threads/it-certs-and-careers-lets-discuss-it.9043/page-107. You may found your answer here otherwise, just ask there.

 

[kevm3]

You should put out a public site/work on github so that people can see what you've done. Start applying for other jobs now. Deploy a site or two. Companies really want competent developers. You'll have to use a lot of your free time to do this but from what I recall, you were getting severely underpaid so you have to do what you have to do.

 

[ball15life]

Could you ask to become a mid level or senior engineer? Look up the job descriptions for those jobs at your company and tell them that you meet those qualifications

 

[semtex]

Could you ask to become a mid level or senior engineer? Look up the job descriptions for those jobs at your company and tell them that you meet those qualifications

Def not senior. But base level wouldn't be out of the question.

 

[jilla82]

bruh this is a bad place to ask for any type of career/money advice...half these dudes are socialist and hate money.

I like Grant Cardone's style

(starts at 4:10)


Heres a whole show he did on the subject

 

[duckbutta]

I'm a junior level dev right now. A year has passed since I was hired out of college. I'm not just asking because of that but because my abilities have increased and so have my responsibilities. Just built a whole feature on my own with no help. I'm currently underpaid even for a junior. Any tips?

Btw I'm a contractor

Yeah you probably just want to go work somewhere else or try to get on full time at the place you work...which might pay you less money but that is another discussion entirely...

A contractor asking for a raise is pretty much taboo in IT...99% of companies are not going to pay more for a person that they can let go with no real corporate consequence or HR heavy lifting and they can just insert next dev here.

If you MUST ask, you need to scout around first and find out what type of raises FTE's get, when they get them, how much ,etc. You say a year has passed, you fukk around and start asking for a raise and come to find out after the fact that none of the FTE's got one last year you going to be let go pretty much of GP...everyone is going to look at you like "who the fukk is this college kid to ask for a raise when I haven't gotten one in years."

And yeah that happens way more than you think. it actually happens A LOT...

 

[semtex]

Yeah you probably just want to go work somewhere else or try to get on full time at the place you work...which might pay you less money but that is another discussion entirely...

A contractor asking for a raise is pretty much taboo in IT...99% of companies are not going to pay more for a person that they can let go with no real corporate consequence or HR heavy lifting and they can just insert next dev here.

If you MUST ask, you need to scout around first and find out what type of raises FTE's get, when they get them, how much ,etc. You say a year has passed, you fukk around and start asking for a raise and come to find out after the fact that none of the FTE's got one last year you going to be let go pretty much of GP...everyone is going to look at you like "who the fukk is this college kid to ask for a raise when I haven't gotten one in years."

And yeah that happens way more than you think. it actually happens A LOT...

people in my contracting agency have done that successfully. I have seen/heard nothing that supports your comment about that being taboo.

 

[duckbutta]

people in my contracting agency have done that successfully. I have seen/heard nothing that supports your comment about that being taboo.

Because enough people probably have enough common sense not to even ask.

"Hey I know I am a contractor and not a FTE so I don't get company insurance or company vacation days and I know that my contract is listed as only "6 + months" but I was wondering could I get a raise to X amount of dollars..."

Even more hilarious is that you really wouldn't even get your raise from the company...because the company is paying the contracting agency X amount of dollars...and the contracting agency is giving the contractor X amount of dollars...so if you have problem with your rate as a contractor...your beef is more with the agency than the company you are contracting for

 

[semtex]

Because enough people probably have enough common sense not to even ask.

"Hey I know I am a contractor and not a FTE so I don't get company insurance or company vacation days and I know that my contract is listed as only "6 + months" but I was wondering could I get a raise to X amount of dollars..."

Even more hilarious is that you really wouldn't even get your raise from the company...because the company is paying the contracting agency X amount of dollars...and the contracting agency is giving the contractor X amount of dollars...so if you have problem with your rate as a contractor...your beef is more with the agency than the company you are contracting for

I'm asking the contracting agency for a raise fam, not the company.

 

[semtex]

Got it

 

[keepemup]

I'm a junior level dev right now. A year has passed since I was hired out of college. I'm not just asking because of that but because my abilities have increased and so have my responsibilities. Just built a whole feature on my own with no help. I'm currently underpaid even for a junior. Any tips?

Btw I'm a contractor

If you've done that one your own then you have all the reasons you need to ask for a raise.
Do you have a performance review to back up your exceptional work?

I would suggest also looking elsewhere to have some leverage.

 

[semtex]

If you've done that one your own then you have all the reasons you need to ask for a raise.
Do you have a performance review to back up your exceptional work?

I would suggest also looking elsewhere to have some leverage.

I got the raise

Got it

 

[keepemup]

I got the raise

Congrats friend and many more.

 

[kevm3]

congrats