How often do you hear of a programmer saving a company millions of dollars/thousands of man-hours and receiving no reward for it? All the time!
Excellent performance (saving the company ~$3MM) at my last job merited me a 15% raise. Learning and applying negotiation skills made that an 80% raise. Presentation matters.
The first time I read your comment I thought it was disagreeing with the parent post. Upon thinking about it, I now believe that you are agreeing with him. Right?
I'm not trying to criticize your post, but I hope someone could point out why I read it so wrongly -- if there are attributes why make it more likely to be read that way, or if there's something flawed in my perception.
Excellent performance (saving the company ~$3MM) at my last job merited me a 15% raise. Learning and applying negotiation skills made that an 80% raise. Presentation matters.