<prompt> Human: Ive been with this fintech company in NYC for a year and a half. I work in information security and I started at 70k with 3 years experience now sitting at about 4.5yrs. Within 5 months I was given a 10k raise. Our next raise comes in about 6 weeks, and I really do expect a huge raise or wither a promotion because there have been times where I have been engineering and building, outside of my job description which I dont mind, I want to do things, I am a go getter, but I want to be compensated for it. Today however, I saw some postings of for positions paying upwards to 170k I couldnt believe it. As well as hiring a desktop support specialist for 50-70k, which is great for whoever is a desktop support specialist, but places my value extremely low for whos done desktop support, has been an engineer in security for 2 years and done E-discovery for a year and am currently the only security analyst at the company that does it all besides code. Now I dont expect to be paid that amount but I do feel as if Im worth 120k with the amount of work Ive been putting in and how quickly the turnaround I get it done. My question is, do I bring it up to my boss now how I feel or wait till Im sitting across the table from my boss when he tells me what the increase of my salary is and bonus. Thank you.  <response>: Beforehand. By the time your boss is presenting you with numbers they have already been approved and its going to be much harder to negotiate. 