I'm going to be as anon as possible. I've been interviewing a lot, since I need a job out of school. I recently finished interviewing with a company in NYC. The job description was essentially for a fullstack JavaScript Software Engineer.
I passed the interviews. Before the interviews, I stated I was looking at $50k to $60k (come on, that's not a lot for NYC). They said they'll try to do their best.
Today I got the offer: 3-month contract (no staffing firm/recruiter involved) at $30k/year with no benefits.
It's a late stage startup owned by a parent company. I'm accepting it, because unemployment sucks. But come on, $14/hr for a CS graduate with lots of responsibilities is much less than I pay my barber.
Does anyone have advice on how I can make the most out of this? I really can't comprehend how I ended up with this. There was a whiteboarding interview, so it's not like anyone would be accepted. I don't even know what the expectations are, when the salary is so low.
I passed the interviews. Before the interviews, I stated I was looking at $50k to $60k (come on, that's not a lot for NYC). They said they'll try to do their best.
Today I got the offer: 3-month contract (no staffing firm/recruiter involved) at $30k/year with no benefits.
It's a late stage startup owned by a parent company. I'm accepting it, because unemployment sucks. But come on, $14/hr for a CS graduate with lots of responsibilities is much less than I pay my barber.
Does anyone have advice on how I can make the most out of this? I really can't comprehend how I ended up with this. There was a whiteboarding interview, so it's not like anyone would be accepted. I don't even know what the expectations are, when the salary is so low.