Working 9 to 5
Well, I’ve now been working at my new job for 3 days now as a Junior Software Engineer – the pay pretty much sucks at the moment, so I can’t see myself staying too long at this sort of rate (especially as it seems I’m going to be the only one working on something that could potentially be very lucrative). However, my dilemma is that there is no point really moving out of home until I’ve got somewhere to move into with Fran, and she’s going to be at Uni for at least another year, possibly two.
What I don’t really get is that my job title is “Junior Software Engineer”, which I assumed meant there was a software engineer above me, but having seen the current IT structure (with me right at the bottom) there is no software engineer above me. Why am I starting at junior level? Graduates tend to go straight into management courses and get paid ?20k+. Somehow I dream of that much. While I don’t really need that sort of money living at home, it’s more about be paid what you are worth, and I don’t think that I am being paid that amount at the moment. Still, I think I shall stick with it for now and cast my eye about for alternatives. You never know, I might get promoted to “Software Engineer” at my first appraisel and get a salary more like what I think I deserve.