Your Salary Is Cute — But What Else Do You Bring to the Table? Let’s get one thing out of the way upfront: Your salary is cute. And before someone gets offended, relax , cute isn’t an insult. Cute means it’s doing its little job. It’s trying. It’s wearing a bow and showing up on payday like, “Look! I helped!” Meanwhile, Lawless is behind me absolutely losing her mind, yelling: “HELPED WHAT? THE GAS BILL?” Exactly. A salary is not the villain. It’s just not the whole story. Some people treat their salary like it’s a personality trait. Like