dude who cares about how your resume looks if you never send it out anywhere and keep taking it in the tailpipe.
CFA500 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ermarkhans-I do not live in the NYC area, however > if the right opportunity presented itself I would > consider relocating. What’s your e-mail address? > > Projectplatnyc-The fact of the matter is, > responsibility wise it’s developed into a job most > college grads would kill to get three years out of > college. For only being 25 years old I will have > quite an impressive resume (manage $183 million in > discretionary assets, portfolio manager title > etc). How many 25 year olds can write that on > their resume?? Salary wise, it’s absolutely > terrible. My email address is ehansen002@nyc.rr.com. Shoot me an email.
you guys sound like you all got paid 100k out of college. I know many people started at 30-35k out of college. Come on now.
ssdnola Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you guys sound like you all got paid 100k out of > college. I know many people started at 30-35k out > of college. > Come on now. how many of them are PMs?
None
I dont think I know anyone that made 30-35k out of college…not even community college. Teachers come out of the chute over that, this is gross. The fact that you share that job title brings down the avg salary for the position, hurting everyone else who gets into the field as the “market” rate is lower than it should be due to your situation.
i’m surprised the company is not worried about a lawsuit over gender discrimination.
Dude, you have to stop talking about the ‘opportunities’ you’re getting at this job and how you’re luckier than every other 25 year old. I completely disagree. Also, I’m noticing a lot of people are trying to get you to dangle other job offers in front of your present company as a way to stick around and get more money. I think you’re better off pursuing the other job offers than staying around.
I have to admit, I’m only 22 years old. So, why should I be giving advice here? Because I think it makes sense: Go look for other positions. Why not? Even if you were happy in your job and being paid adequately, which you are obviously not, why would you not ALWAYS be on the lookout for a better quality/better paying position? Go for some interviews, play the field… think of it as a whole world full of beautiful women that all want you 
Seriously though, even when you are happy in your position you should be at least going for the odd interview in order to keep your interviewing skills fresh should the actual need to use them ever arise. If you get an offer you can evaluate it, then if you really want to stay you can ask them to match (though why you want to stay is beyond me personally), or you can just go. Good luck!
cfa500, I was in a similar position. I worked at a firm for $35K for two years to gain experience, and like the others on CFAI have suggested, my peers finally persuaded me to test the market. I found a position at $65K within one month, and have been there for a year already and pushed up to 75K. Point being you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take…
This sounds like my situation although I still have yet to pass L2 and am paid a little higher.
I’ve been hired in early 2010 and paid in the low $40,000’s with no raises in over 2 years.
Duties are similar; sure the pay is vastly lower than industry average but workload is also a bit lower (I haven’t worked more than 40 hours a week every week this year so far.)
My strategy is as follows:
I perform my core responsibilities well, but I won’t go the extra mile for them. I save that effort for the CFA Exam prep. I don’t have much in the way of living expenses (cheap rent, cheap car, no debt) and I can easily live off of my savings for 2-3 years so I don’t really care about being terminated. I don’t purposely try to get fired but I won’t kiss up and sacrifice a ton of time especially with the CFA exam coming up so soon.