[bb88]

In the contract world, it's a lot easier.

Your value is 10% of the worth of the total value you're creating or somewhere between $100 to $200/hr, maybe even as high as $400/hr for rare skills.

[knowtheworld]

But the problem is the software industry is hype complex. Thus is almost impossible to measure your real revenue contribution.

[bb88]

Either you're in the value stream making (or saving) money for your company or you're someone that was added because some manager said they needed headcount. If you can't tell which you are, then neither can HR or upper management.