12d • Questions & Confusion
What should a Junior be earning?
This is a bit of a weird question because its very subjective to the state of the industry and localised to a company. However I see a good few jobs here and there offering 40k plus (sometimes for juniors) for mid ranged talent.
I know there isnt much money in games compared to the normal software engineering side of things where I am looking but seeing a junior/graduate jobs going for 80k+ which feels fake to me as a working class person 🤣. I was told to accept minimum wage for a junior position (Which is approx 24/25k in the UK) and be happy with it. So im just curious what everyone else thinks.
I see a lot of companies ask for what your desired annual income is in their application and I almost always put 24k. Is this shooting myself in the foot with unconfidence? I always thought less money = better chance of being hired because companies dont like spending money.
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What should a Junior be earning?
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