I am very thankful for the raise I did get. Please don't misunderstand.

Maybe I'm relying too much on what salary.com says. Even with the raise, I'm still a good $5-10,000 a year under what I should be getting paid. But, as I had mentioned, there is a lot of freedom here..

but, pats on the back would be nice.

btw, no contract ever, no job description ever until I created one a couple months ago.