Please stop accepting poor pay
We are in the (arguably) best educated country in the world, in one of the highest paid industries in the world. Why are we still paid less than half of our colleagues in the USA?? We add just as much value for a fraction of the cost. I am a new grad in Scotland on over £45k. The fact that this is literally the best grad salary in my city is a joke. Please can be band together as an industry to make things betting for us
Edit for people who think we are hopeless to do anything (copied from a comment)
"if companies can hire good Devs at £45k they will"
Yeah... My point exactly is that good experienced Devs on this amount should be looking at other companies. If all the competent people keep leaving for better pay, then companies are forced to increase wages.
"The market" isn't some magical fairy that we have no influence over. A culture of this behaviour is a big part of why places like the US pay so well - employees always seek out better opportunities
Edit 2: can people please use an inflation calculator before telling me how much better I have it than when they started.