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just got a job, too happy to negotiate

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thahenchman

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i'm a recent grad from a top 25 school, 23 y/o with a masters in computer science. after a few weeks of job-hunting and over a dozen interviews, i was finally offered my first job.

the company seems awesome, government-affiliated with excellent benefits and plenty of opportunity for both lateral movement and upward mobility. raises of $3-6k/year are possible.

they offered me $72k starting, with $5k to sign on and $9k relocation allocation. the job is about 20 minutes away from san diego.

i'm too happy to negotiate, and think i will accept it within the month requested. i'll have my masters in december, and they said the start date is flexible and i don't have to begin until february. i think i'm going to take my girl to europe for a month and then begin in mid/late january.

seems the economy is doing much better now than a few years ago. :thumbsup:

edit: to clarify i actually applied for an entry-level software engineer position but was offered a regular software engineer position after my interviews
 
thanks man, i seriously almost cried after i got the call i was so happy.

after so many years of working my butt off, it's finally paid off
 
Well done! :beer:

My first IT job, I was making $10/hour. I recently was going through a job search for about 2 months and I had alot of success looking for a new job and received several offers. The job economy (specifically) is good here in California.
 
Originally posted by: Pegun
details of the new job? College sophmore looking ahead to a few years from now...
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coding, maintaining, deploying, etc. - everything req. of a software engineer

b/c it's a gov. company you do have to be an american citizen and obtain clearance
 
Originally posted by: warcrow
Well done! :beer:

My first IT job, I was making $10/hour. I recently was going through a job search for about 2 months and I had alot of success looking for a new job and received several offers. The job economy (specifically) is good here in California.
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i'll drink to that :beer:

the job economy is very good in california and seems to doing well all over the country. i interviewed with companies in wisconsin and maryland as well.
 
What i want to know is where you all live that you get offered high salaries like this. Around here the average CS person entry level will be probably 35K but then again the cost of living is real low and the closest major city is Philly which is like 80 miles away. Now granted i went for CE but im making more entry level than the average person is as well.
 
Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
75k?

And I was thrilled when I was offered 42k after college.

I know I should have explored a CS degree!!!! 😀
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my girl started out with a 29k before taxes salary after graduating from college, after 3 years she was bumped up to 34k but is now back in school to pursue what she really wants to do (not CS though).
 
Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
What i want to know is where you all live that you get offered high salaries like this. Around here the average CS person entry level will be probably 35K but then again the cost of living is real low and the closest major city is Philly which is like 80 miles away. Now granted i went for CE but im making more entry level than the average person is as well.
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the company is located in a city about 20 minutes away from san diego, where cost of living is pretty high.
 
Originally posted by: DaWhim
72k/yr with NO benefits?
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i'm looking at the summary of benefits for salaried employees right now... benefits include:

medical, dental, vision, basic employee life/accidental death insurance, optional spouse/children life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability/care, etc.

the company will provide educational assistance to employees for graduate and undergraduate courses, providing the courses are job-related and taken for credit/certificateion at a fully accredited college/university. the company will pay 100% of the tuition and cost of textbooks to a max of $5,250/year

paid time off... if length of service is less than 5 years, there is a monthly accrual of 10 hours and a max accrual of 640 hours

average 12 holidays/year

401k savings plan, pension, etc.
 
Congrats! Hard work is worth it. Sounds like $72k/year is probably a little higher than average if it's a high cost of living. $72k/year in my part of the country will all but guarantee you right your own ticket anywhere. Hell, I live just fine from $25k/year.
 
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