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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow?  You are 25 and think you should make $60K?  Don't ever tell a prospective employer that.  At 29 I was making $60K as the development director of a small nonprofit (this was with 6 years of experience and I was THRILLED with my salary beyond belief) and a 23yo applicant for a development assistant job told me her salary requirement was $50K.  I literally laughed in her face because I couldn't help myself.  I knew it was rude but it just came out.  Her attitude was so entitled and ludicrous that I couldn't believe it.

At your age (2003), I was making $29K.  I get being hungry and having drive, but feeling entitled is not the same thing. You say you don't know what to do or where to start, so I'll bite and offer some advice. I assume you are smart and ambitious.  Use that to propel yourself forward.  Show some initiative - ask for projects, ask how you can be of more help to your employer.  Mean it when you ask.  Then do great work and knock their socks off.  This is what I did and in five years I went from being an assistant to a director and doubled my salary.

You are 25 OP.  Nothing is going to just fall in your lap.  You have to create your own opportunities and your own professional reputation as a go-getter with know how.  Your busy superiors aren't spending time ruminating about how they can better use your talents.  To be frank, they don't think about you.  Your job is to get on their radar, in the right way.   [/quote]

Thank you. I'm not looking for a handout. I need something that is a little more challenging and that will hold my interest. I just get the feeling that I should be doing more with my life.[/quote]

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