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September 12, 2016
Q: I got an offer for my first full-time job, and the salary is lower than I expected. Should I ask for more money?
A: I didn't negotiate salary at my first two jobs after college. The first was a government position with a set salary limit. When I got the offer for my second job, at a nonprofit, I'd been out of work for months and was desperate to move out of my parents' house. I took the first offer the organization gave me, which came out to about $25,000 a year after taxes — not much to live on in New York City.
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