Im curious for some input on how to approach this situation I’m in. Here’s the break down:

- I finished a single year at a financial institution in a full time dev/sys-analyst position, and have been contacted to come back for the summer. While at my job I was making ~17$ an hour. Im currently back at school finishing off my CS degree.

- Nearing the end of my internship, I discovered that the new intern was making 8$ more an hour than me, despite not negotiating his salary and having the exact same credentials as me. Only thing was different was that he was from out of town and was a little older than me.

- I was offered part time work throughout the school year, and accepted. When I brought up the idea of re-writing my contract because my old one was expired, my manager said “it wouldn’t be necessary”.

This money situation and the fact that the internship itself was very poorly structured has left a poor taste in my mouth. My manager rarely cared about what I was doing and my team hardly had time / the will to review the solutions I proposed. As a result, I almost always was working alone and never got any feedback to how well (or poorly) I was doing. I’m grateful that I have this working experience under my belt, but I just don’t appreciate how the next guy was offered a lot more than me.

If you were in my shoes, what would you do?