>>>>Well, it's a little different here in the states. I've already received
>>>>4 offers starting from $38,000 all the way to $45,000. And mind you,
>>>>it's all starting positions. I have a choice between moving to Austin,
>>>>Philadelphia, or DC. Now is the toughest part, - to decide which to
>>>>pick (silly me, of course the one that pays $45K, but they don't want
>>>>to pay relocation expenses :( )
>>>
>>>i've been doing this almost 10 years here and just went over your highest starting pay. i guess the only to get the $$$ is to switch jobs...
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>>Heck, with your skills you could make considerably more by joining the federal bureaucracy. The only problem is that you can be subject to whims of management, they might suddenly decide to turn you into a PB programmer (aagh!):~)
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>of course with the last raise, they shipped me out to a subcontract no one else wanted to work on to freshen up on my VB skills (or lack thereof)
See, you could be working for Uncle Sam doing exactly the same thing, learning VB or PB against your better judgement. Lots of the systems folks are doing just that...
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.