
Technical skill, friendliness, co operation.
For the most part it is collaborative, and innovative.
Interacting with my peers is the best part of my day.
A 30k$ raise, that may sound funny. But I am contacted weekly about positions that pay 10 to 20% more, occasionally even more than that. I like my immediate manager very much, were that not the case I would have already left. Making salary adjustments only yearly is tone deaf to the current economy.