Subject: Salary Question 2004-01-22 - By Anthony Rosbottom
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??! - That's the trouble with exchange rates I suppose. Your weak US $
[relative to the UK ?] means some International publishers are having a
field day over there.
At 12:26 22/01/2004 -0800, Dobson, Jeff wrote:
>It really depends where you are as salary varies widely with location. That
>said, I haven't know too many people who have started that high. I started
>at a small fraction of it in the Midwest. Remember there are a lot of
>people who want to get in to games so the employers are at a negotiating
>advantage with new talent. Later on, after proving yourself invaluable, the
>negotiating power swings in talent's direction - as does salary. The bigger
>studios might flirt with that amount as a starting salary, but rarely hire
>raw artists. You would be lucky to get much more than half that at smaller
>scrappy studio - especially if you have no previous experience.
>
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>
>I was watching a story on one of those business channels about artists
>entering the Video game industry. It said average starting salary nation
>wide is
>$53,000 a year.
>Does anyone know if this is true?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
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