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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To give a sense of one trajectory: I made the DC move at 26 because I was unhappy at my financial job in another city, my college friends had a room in their group house, and my boyfriend (now husband) was in a graduate program at UMD.

Prior to D.C. my post-college experience was a year as a babysitter/ nanny (really well paid where I grew up) followed by a year doing administrative work at a financial company. I lived with my parents during those years and saved money so I gave myself 6 months in DC to find a job. I took an unpaid internship (3 months) at a well-regarded think tank while looking for work. By the end of 3 months I had a job at a non-profit doing [b]fund-raising [/b]and public affairs. That was about 15 years ago but at the time I was paid just over $30k a year.

After two years I was pretty unhappy and realized the types of jobs that interested me all required an advanced degree. I received an academic scholarship to one of the area's schools, got a part-time job as a research assistant but mostly lived off savings and got a master's degree in public policy. I got a job straight out of that program that I'm in still in 9 years later. I'm no longer sure it's the right fit and I'm trying to figure out my next move. I love D.C. (Beautiful city, good friends) but don't love the jobs I've held here. [/quote]

Fund-raising for non-profit sounds like sales without a product or equivalently begging for money. I did a very temporary stent at University working at an organization where my job was to call people and get them to commit to make contributions. I hated it! It feels as though these sorts of jobs are easy to get because the organizations figure if you don't bring the cash they will fire you and hire someone else. [/quote]

Fundraising can also be very lucrative. If you like asking for money, I've seen a lot of ex-fundraisers switch sides and do political giving for large corps. YMMV[/quote]

"If you DONT like asking for money"^[/quote]

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