Starting salaries for designers??
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- bcline0
Your work and skills are good enough to get well above average.
You will probably not make 50K or above right away.Many places will not understand your value (since a lot of it is in technology that is very, very new)
Some larger places will try to lowball and make a killing off of your skills.
You would do well to be a little humble your first year or two out of school even though you are probably in the top .5% of people fresh out of school.
However, 1-2 years out - double your rate and get the salary you deserve.
You do need to be road-tested as a worker and as someone who can be relied upon and who can hopefully work with clients.
cinder
(Oct 19 07, 13:54)thanks for constructive response, i completely agree. god i hope i don't come off as someone who is a cocky designer ( eeek ), far from it, i hate the work that i do, i think i suck, but it just serves as motivation for me to work harder :)