<prompt> Human: I recently just got a job with an IT Contractor company. They seemed desperate and impressed with my resume. Was hired at 18 an hour.During my first few projects I found that my coworkers with my exact same certs were being started at 19 an hour and started over a year ago. Then today I found that the guy Im training is getting paid 20hr but he does have a better resume and more certs. They are pushing me to replace a lead IT for weekly projects at one company which is over an hour drive with medium traffic. They know its inconvenient and have said when they are ready to talk to me about upgrading me to lead IT pay they would work that into the pay, while at the same time telling me that lead pay generally starts at 20hr and goes up to 25 max. Meanwhile the other leads are telling me they STARTED at 23hr and Im assuming that will be what they offer me generously considering the commute Im taking to cover this for them. Most projects are only 30min away.Im getting a call about my upgrade to lead tomorrow so Im getting myself mentally ready but I need to know what I should do. Any job is great right now but that doesnt mean I want to be taken advantage of for it.  <response>: You dont deserve 19hr just because someone else got it. What have you done to deserve a higher wage? How can you prove yourself to get this lead role?The guy who started at 23hr negotiated his way to that wage. Did you negotiate?This is the real world. Its cutthroat. Its unfair. Fight your way to the top, dont assume you deserve anything. 