As someone that works in biotech and has worked in pharma ocassionally, we need to charge more.
I know this sounds terrible, but I make 1/5 of what an average engineer does at FaceBook and I live in the same city.
So get fucked and die or pay.
I know this sounds terrible, but I make 1/5 of what an average engineer does at FaceBook and I live in the same city.
So get fucked and die or pay.
Which might or might not translate to you earning more money, but the people in the chain 'above' you will each want a slightly larger share as well. Plus why should they pay _you_ more when they can find people willing to work for the industry average?
And what everyone else already said: raising prices will almost never result in the engineers getting more money.