I&#x27;m sorry, but brokedev did EVERYTHING WRONG here, NOT the CEO. You don&#x27;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.<p>I mean really, coming back less than a year later and demanding nearly TWICE the salary? Come on.<p>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: &quot;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.&quot;<p>Then he wouldn&#x27;t be in this mess in the first place.<p>It&#x27;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.