Lwerewolf

Hello,

I'm currently developing windows drivers(1) for a company in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. I've been there for 11 months now, 5 months as an intern (as part of my HBO studies), and for the past 5 months I've been there part time (20hr/wk, except for the current month - 40/wk average), working on the same project ever since the start of my internship. Long story short, I'm currently their primary experienced windows drivers dev (they've had minor forays in the past).

I'm at the point where I can begin the final part of my study (the graduation internship), but I'd like to stick with the company for awhile until the conclusion of the (reasonably large) project. My main problem at the moment is that my salary is basically the minimum wage in the country for my age (23), which doesn't seem normal for what I'm doing.

Given my situation(2), can I reasonably expect to negotiate a higher salary (and in what range)? Also, for future reference, how does this field (kernel/low-level development in general) tend to pay around here in general?

Other than that, I like both the project's team and what I'm working on, especially since the project involves a wide range of technologies that must work together (== HUGE potential for learning), and the fact that I'm given relatively large chunks of the project to work on - from research to spec to design to code (almost no micromanagement).

(1) WDM/KDFM both (mainly KMDF, where possible), PCI-e, DMA, custom & some port-miniport models (2) bachelor student - not sure how much weight this carries in the region.