[clistctrl]

"I was reared during the internet age, most consciously during the dot com bust. I am also only 22, meaning that I am the definition of cheap labor. No, seriously, I think that getting paid anything more than $12/hour is “living large,” and getting paid $12/hour is “extremely manageable.”"

I'm also 22, Currently making 70k... i would find $12/hour anything but living large.

[encoderer]

And this woman graduated from NYU, Junior year in Paris, she's been published, and she's absolutely charming. She's optimized for distance, not speed. No reason to be a douche.

[jrockway]

This is the kind of person you pay $100k starting to though, to keep them around for a while.

I was like this, and I kept changing jobs every 6 months because someone would come along and offer me twice what I was making before. Sure, I'll come work for you! (Oh, and I'm 24.)

My bet is that two years from now, she will easily be making $50 an hour, even if she starts on $12 today. But if you're that person paying her $12 today, I estimate that will last maybe 3 or 4 months. Then someone else will have her talent, and you'll be saying to yourself, "yeah, paying someone like that $12 an hour was fucking dumb of us".

[starkfist]

This is the kind of person you pay $100k starting to though, to keep them around for a while.

Why??? She's exactly like every other 20-something woman in Manhattan, only they all have better looking tumblr sites!

[jrockway]

Published author?

I am not really in this industry, so I have no idea. I was a published author at 22 and make about that much.

[lhuang]

True, but you have to take into consideration the type of job she wants.

Very few, if any, entry-level jobs in media and publishing pay 70K.

Plus I'm not so sure that $12/hour is so ridic. An entry level job at a consulting firm is ~70K but you work ~80 hours a week which results in a whopping $18/hour!

Living large indeed.