@hecval_: In any field you’ll likely start off making nothing, it’s the reality of life #LifeAdvice #college #internships

B :

Idk after 4 years in college I need my money now!!!!!

drew :

It’s because life cost triple that 30k is worth 70k

CJ ☆ :

57k at 23, on track to be at around $75k at 25 and 100k by 30🙏 career building is a process!!

JACKSON HICKS :

30k back then is very different to 50k rn lmao

Luis Cornejo :

I've job hopped 2x in the last 4 years, and my income went from 140->250->400k. If you know your worth for your skills, don't settle and wait to move up

JB :

have a masters degree and after a year postgrad i only had 1 job offer for 43k🫩 hate it but i had no choice but to take it

KAL :

The problem is 1-2 years of unpaid or extremely low paid internships. You cannot survive in this economy on that salary just to get into a position where you’ve already paid thousands in tuition of a degree in

D A N I ❤️‍🔥 :

lol I job hop every 2 years and my last job hop was under 2 years for a $14k increase, less taxes and 1/3 of the work lolllll. Shitty managers don’t gaf they love exploiting people for the sake of their reputation giving .80cent raise in return

Jeremiah 🦅 :

I’m currently making 50k a year fresh out of college, I’m planning to still apply to those 100k jobs but I’m going to keep this job and work my way around until I get the opportunity to go up

ʚ Luna ɞ :

If u don’t have trade you’ll fall I got out of highschool got a trade making way more than most people I graduated out of highschool with

asia :

I’ve been in the working full time for about a year and a half, graduated college in 2025 and I went from 43k to 60k at 23. If you remain loyal to a company it will be slow

santi :

Your dad making 30k/yr starting out is crazy. Let’s low ball it saying your dad is 40, 20 years at 20 he was making 30k. 50k in today’s money. 50k as a 20 year old with no obligations is nuts. While yes 1-2 years isn’t a long time in hindsight, some people live in high living cost areas where suffering through a shit amount of pay for a long time causes them to have to leave their job in search for a higher paying one

ATR :

Ppl that job hop to make an extra grand a month or 2 always end up being in a worse position at some point

Stillloading :

I would say that if you can, you’d want a competitive salary starting out. If you stay with the company with lower salaries, you likely continue earning uncompetitive salary throughout all positions in the org. But sometimes, you need take a job and then move to another company after a year or so.

Andy Chen :

So your dad made 150k when he started

pinkloverrrrgur :

I agree, but I think you’re missing the actual issue. A lot of people coming out of college aren’t getting those 50 K starting job offers. They can’t find the first step and that’s the real problem.

Gasbonerpills :

Any job that has a good pay scale. Does take years because it’s slowly building every year. It’s also about seeing how company is structured. If there’s no vertical movement within the company leave

prewrkblnt :

as long as i got insurance irdgaf the money gon come

Kevin :

You’re right that you should take what you can than to wait. But also like you said “slowly” doesn’t apply to everyone. The average gen z expects $100k+ with average work ethic and skills.

haley🎱🎸 :

i took a 45% pay cut in 2025 to get re-employed after a layoff and people were mortified that i would accept that salary instead of staying unemployed. less than 9 months later i landed another job at the same salary i was making when i was laid off. but i would not have landed that new job if i didn’t take the 45% pay cut because i would’ve been HOMELESS and also that 45% pay cut gave me MORE experience that broadened my skillset to be able to apply to a larger bucket of jobs that paid more

jackxvalor :

Great take, I think people should be less worried about making money fast and more concerned with choosing a field that has high earning potential down the line.

jacqueline 🎀 :

idk what’s so hard for ppl to comprehend about this video, i get what you mean and it’s a good wake up call to people !!

ouckah :

i think it’s stupid to reject job offers without leverage but i also think its stupid to stay stagnant somewhere and not try to gain leverage

Daisyluv :

In 2.5 years my friend is on her 3rd job in the company and now makes 40k more than i did. At some point i used to make more than her. I realized this year that companies will rather hire someone for a senior role than promote. I think it is company dependent i make more than the person who trained me on my team cause he was waiting for a promotion and my boss just declined. I think job hopping within the same company may be the way to go. I agree to some extent tho, always accept a job offer even if the pay is low but keep applying elsewhere

J :