I never thought I’d actually get bothered by this topic so much as to seek help from my “peers” in the industry. I can’t lie to myself any longer though- I’m finding it hard to put up with being looked over at my company. How do you approach your managers (in my case the VP of MIS and the Executive VP and President) and make them understand how you deserve better, both in money and responsibilities – without insulting them? We are a small 70 employee company, I’m the only System Engineer. I manage the spending of MIS, I am Techsupport for the company, I also am the Network Engineer. You know how much I’m getting paid? I wish I wasn’t embarressed enough to put it here! I have two associate’s degrees, I’ll be MCSE in two months, AND I have 4years of Tech Support / Networking experience. Our company sells that we are “technology based” to our clients, but they don’t want to pay for the IT talent. Their are some supervisors here (only high school educations) who aren’t doing anything technical at all and the