Could you please elaborate on that bit? I am having trouble visualizing the equation. Let's say my company's net profit margin is 10%. What does that tell me about the value I'm generating and what I should be taking home?
No. Learn something very few other people know and it will explain itself.
IOW, company had a net margin of 10%. Your project makes $1M/yr revenues and the company claims $200,000 revenue on that, a profit margin of 20%. You figure that they should reallocate half of that $200k to you so that you are paid commensurate with your contribution and they keep the remaining 10%?
That makes sense and I suppose the math is pretty easy in a smaller corporation or with a specialized product.