Looking for computer Co-op placement

[James Knott]

Ralph Doncaster wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Kareem Shehata wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 17:36, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>
>>>Of course there is also Co-Op the way universities do it, where the
>>>student gets work experience and money. :)
>>
>>True, but university students tend to have a lot more to offer in terms
>>of skills, get paid significantly less than they're worth,
> 
> 
> It amazes me in today's high-tech market that kids coming out of school
> still think they should be handed a $50K/yr job along with their degree.
> Try checking out the typical salaries a high-tech worker gets in Bangalore
> or Kiev.  Then be happy you can get a job in Ontario that pays more than
> $6.85/hr.

I'm making more than that and I'm not happy.  If the company I used to 
work for hadn't gone under, I'd likely be making at least twice what I'm 
getting now.  And I've got many, many years of experience and an 
excellent education.




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