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		jrockway on May 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2012 Salary Guide for Creative and Technology Prof... It means starting out of college. For your next job, you ask for more than you were making at your last job. (Why else would you leave?)

vonmoltke on May 16, 2012 [–]

To get out of a crappy, dead-end situation. I took a pay cut to get to a better company without having to relocate. The reasons are somewhat complicated, but my reply to grumps above explains a good portion of why.

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