With the the spring semester of my senior rapidly approaching, naturally I've been thinking about jobs and money quite a bit. During our class with John Christie, he asked what we thought about earning $26,000 for just under a year. The job is for someone who has worked in the industry for 3 or 4 years. That question got me thinking a bit about my expectations, at least for the beginning of my career.
Now I am fully away that beginning salaries in journalism are not fantastic. And I'm prepared to scrimp with the best of them if it means getting a job I am really passionate about. Interestingly, when John tossed those numbers out there, I thought that sounded low. I've anticipated making somewhere between 20-25 for my first years in the business, but at least from my position now I wouldn't want a job that required almost five years experience not to break 30.
I know this is all talk right now, but I think it's wise to have somewhat of an idea of what I want so that when the offers come rolling in (as I'm sure they will for all of us) I'll have a frame of reference on which to base my decision.
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