The Programmer Salary Taboo
I've always wanted to write exactly this blog post.  Keeping your salary confidential is great for big companies, but it benefits you in no way.  You should be making what your coworkers make.  If you make less, you're being fucked, plain and simple.  The sooner you realize that, the sooner you can remedy the situation.  Sadly, some people go their whole careers without doing so.<p>FWIW, my first programming job only paid $45,000 a year.  What a ripoff.