anonfounder1980

You should have tried to get a new job before you asked for the salary increase. Then if he didn't give it to you, you could take the new job. OR if you couldn't find a job that paid what you thought you were worth, then you could just keep gaining valuable work experience.

I am sure the reason is he has employed people just like brokedev before and been burnt by them. He's likely taking out his aggression on previous bad experiences out on brokedev.

I'm sorry, but brokedev did EVERYTHING WRONG here, NOT the CEO. You don't get paid based on what you think you are worth or what other employees think you should be paid. Your salary is set by market forces. And from what I read, this CEO took a chance on brokedev in the first place. He gave him a job doing something that brokedev had no background in and has been compensating him not just with salary but also with work experience that would be hard to get otherwise.

I mean really, coming back less than a year later and demanding nearly TWICE the salary? Come on.

If brokedev really thought he was being underpaid, he should have tried to silently get another job while he was still employed. Then he could see the market realities for what a programmer with 8 months of work experience is really worth. If he could find a job that offered him $75k, then he could go back to the CEO and say: "I am worth $75k because someone else is willing to pay it, but you were the one who took a chance on me so if you can match the salary I would rather stay with you."

Then he wouldn't be in this mess in the first place.

It's sad how self-righteous some people are these days. No sense of honor or dignity for themselves or the people who try to help them out.