I Was Massively Underpaid. Then My Salary Jumped 20x.

Same skills. Different market. Same engineer. Completely different pay. How I went from being massively underpaid to earning 20x — not by switching stacks, but by understanding positioning, negotiation, and knowing when to say no. In this video: 00:00 — Earning pennies 00:30 — The market mismatch 01:10 — When I learned to negotiate 01:50 — The turning point 02:30 — 20x is not about skill, it's about leverage 03:20 — What I'd tell my younger self 04:10 — Your salary is a negotiation, not a grade #devops #salary #career #tech #remotework