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[quote=Anonymous]I am generally sympathetic to this because to an extent I can relate - I was a starry eyed 22 year old who pursued nonprofit work with no regard for my future salary. But honestly my sympathy doesn't extend too far because if you are making $63k at 35 you really have to look inward to figure out why. I am still doing "social good" type work but I've rotated between private and nonprofit sector work, and my current (nonprofit) salary at age 35 is $150k. I'm job searching now and aiming for $200k in my next job (probably I'll end up doing policy/comms work in the private sector but a short list of nonprofits pay this range too - foundations, notably).

You may need to gain some new skills, or network, or job search a little more aggressively and with more of an eye toward salary, but there is really no circumstances that would require you to be 35 with a college degree and, presumably, some relevant work skills and limited to $63k. You and I both will probably never make those Big Law salaries but there is a HUGE gray area between what you're making now and that. [/quote]

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