# Stupid employers; or: why I'm glad I have a decent-paying job

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-employers-or-why-im-glad-i-have-a-decent-paying-job/293151>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 6, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-employers-or-why-im-glad-i-have-a-decent-paying-job/293151 "2005-03-06T01:06:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-employers-or-why-im-glad-i-have-a-decent-paying-job/293151/21 "2005-03-08T21:29:35Z")

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> [@Merijeek](#):
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> This is nothing. I regularly saw ads when I was job hunting that was looking for a CCIE with 8-10 years of experience. The offer was $35k-$40k a year…

Because this is the pit, I can say what I’m _really_ thinking. That is FUCKED.  
Max.

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-employers-or-why-im-glad-i-have-a-decent-paying-job/293151/22 "2005-03-08T21:49:47Z")

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**Evil Captor** , I meant that as a gallows-humor joke. I think that was an appalling level of pay, whether in 1995 or 2005 dollars. ☹

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-employers-or-why-im-glad-i-have-a-decent-paying-job/293151/23 "2005-03-08T22:28:09Z")

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> [@The Scrivener](#):
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> **Evil Captor** , I meant that as a gallows-humor joke. I think that was an appalling level of pay, whether in 1995 or 2005 dollars. ☹

I got that, I was continuing in the gallows-humor tradition.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-employers-or-why-im-glad-i-have-a-decent-paying-job/293151/24 "2005-03-09T11:37:57Z")

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> [@Dead Badger](#):
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> I got an email the other day targeted at PhD students in my department (Computer Science). It was written in shit english, in MS Comic Sans,

I’m disturbed by the thought of an email from a computer science department being in _any_ font.

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> and the upshot of it was that they wanted a PhD student with his own Apache server and broadband pipe to develop a fairly significant web application for an unspecified purpose for a non-existent company _ **for free** _ over a 6-month period in exchange for a stake in the company as and when (and if) it existed. Apparently in their minds “student” = “unemployed and desperate”.

Yes… though the tradition of starting ill-thought-out companies is a long one, so this probably stands a chance of succeeding…

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-employers-or-why-im-glad-i-have-a-decent-paying-job/293151/25 "2005-03-09T16:42:24Z")

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> [@Shade](#):
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> I’m disturbed by the thought of an email from a computer science department being in _any_ font.Y.

The remainder of this post will not be in any font:

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