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Finding the worst-entry level job in tech: Round Two
We're on to Round Two in our worst-tech-job contest. We've whittled down 10 terrible gigs down to five:- Online sales and operations account manager, Google
- Content acquisition intern, IODA
- Customer support specialist, Fox Interactive, MySpace division
- Windows support professional, Microsoft
- Part-time guide, Mahalo
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Comment by WillVille: Could've just as easily titled this 'Where Dreams Go To Die'. Anyone that works in any of these places belongs... more » | Other threads
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Pick your career poison: temporary Google database admin vs. IODA intern
The last matchup in this round of our worst-job tournament: temporary database administrator for Google, contracted through WorkforceLogic, vs. content acquisition intern, IODA. Given the compensation disparity between these jobs — IODA doesn't pay its interns, while WorkforceLogic reportedly pay database admins as much as $70,000 — it seems like a no-brainer. Remember, though, just because WorkforceLogic will deploy you to the Googleplex, that doesn't mean you'll ever be a real Googler. Not to the Stanford and Harvard grads munching on their Bacon Krispy Kreme burgers. At least at IODA, you'll deserve the scorn heaped on you by the paid wage slaves. Pick the worse fate, below. More » -
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Pick your career poison: Facebook user operations analyst vs. MySpace customer support specialist
He won't sell, but can Mark Zuckerberg successfully carry Facebook through to an IPO? That's what the latest matchup in our tournament to find tech's worst entry-level job comes down to. Otherwise, the key responsibilities for Facebook's user operations analysts and MySpace customer support specialists are very similar. Even the pay is roughly the same. A tipster tells us Facebook pays its customer service reps $34,500 per year — though that number might be higher now that Facebook stopped handing $600/mo. housing subsidies. Readers figure MySpace pays $37,000. So what's it going to be? The slightly lower-paying job at the risky startup with higher upside or a gig at News Corp.'s shiniest Web toy? Vote in our poll below. More »
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Comment by Big John: All I remember from the NewsCorp employee handbook is to not bring drugs or guns to work. So I... more » | Other threads
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Pick your career poison: Part-time Mahalo guide vs. Pete Cashmore's personal assistant
The class of 2008 has already begun to realize the tragedy of actually having to work for a living. Cheer up, kiddos; it could be worse. You could be employed, part-time, cutting and pasting Google search results for Jason Calacanis's Mahalo. Or you could serve as Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore's personal assistant — the entry-level gigs facing off in our third matchup to determine the worst job in tech. Vote below. More »
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Comment by DanLar75: Pete Cashmore's personal assistant every time! If you read this Pete, I am interested in the job! Email me at danlar75@yahoo.com more » | Other threads
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Pick your career poison: Microsoft customer support vs. Yahoo finance intern
Its time for the second match in our single-elimination tournament to find the worst entry-level job in tech. In our first poll, the drudgery of working as a Google online sales and operations manager narrowly edged out the perils of being an Amazon.com support engineer, 53 percent to 47 percent. Today's contest: Getting paid by Microsoft to take angry calls from Vista users all day, vs. fetching coffee in Yahoo's finance operations. Making the contest even harder: If Carl Icahn has his way, both might soon find their paychecks signed by Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell. Vote below. More » -
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Pick your career poison: Google online sales and operations manager vs. Amazon.com support engineer
We picked the ten worst entry-level jobs in tech. Now, in a single-elimination tournament, we're going to let you choose which gig is truly the worst. Round one begins with Amazon.com support engineers versus Google online sales and operations account managers. We'll let your fellow readers advise you before you choose: More »
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Comment by Xone: Half of the work for the Google CSR is to check the adwords ads one by one. I don't think... more » | Other threads
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Guess how much tech's 10 worst jobs pay
To come up with the estimated pay for tech's 10 worst entry-level jobs we spoke to former and current employees, HR reps and friends of friends working these jobs. But still, some of our commenters expressed disbelief over the salary estimates. "80 grand for an entry level job? Time to apply and kick those whiney losers out! Let's see how they feel about their new job bagging groceries at the Safeway," wrote mwbeeler. Loakim said:Boo fucking hoo. I clicked through about 4 of those and if they are representative, then getting paid 60-70K right out of college at an "entry" level job is nothing to complain about, regardless of the "tough" working conditions (ceiling too low? CSR work? no windows? cubicle? oh the torture!!). I spent half my life to get a Ph.D. and will barely be making that as an asst professor at a major research university.
We like our estimates, but we're willing to bow to the wisdom of the crowd, or the madness thereof. Save for IODA's unpaid internship — no point in guessing there — we've created a poll for each job. Take your best guess. More »
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Comment by jiindong: I think the poll should includes "or below" and "or above". None of the polls have my vote though... more » | Other threads
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The real Bud Cook illustrates the horrors of Facebook customer service
In describing what's so bad about working customer support for Facebook, one of the 10 worst entry-level jobs in tech, we wrote: "Meet your customer: USC's own Bud Cook, class of 2010. Fratastic!" Cook promptly wrote us: More »
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Comment by ResearchZilla: actually, i think that you owe bud an apology, you've invaded his privacy. that's so unlike valleywag... more » | Other threads
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Tech's 10 worst entry-level jobs
Soon America's most bright-eyed graduates will enter the workforce and make their workaday homes in cubes at Google, MySpace, or Amazon.com. And they will suffer not just the indignity of having to work for a living, but also the dispiriting realization that a job at a cool company isn't always that hot. These employers, and the others hiring for tech's 10 worst entry-level jobs, listed below, will look spiffy on a resume someday, but for now the only good these jobs promise the world is the pleasant feeling you and I can share knowing we're not the ones stuck in them. More » -
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Executive administrative assistant to Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore
Executive admin to Mashable CEO Pete Cashmore More »
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Comment by SonaliCachophony: The applicant for the job is supposed to work from home. So Cashmore can afford a PA but... more » | Other threads
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Support professional, product: Windows, Microsoft
Support professional, product: Windows, Microsoft More »
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Comment by Trai_Dep: The nice thing about the job is that the callers will all be consistent. more » | Other threads
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Database administrator (temporary), Google
Database administrator (temporary), Google, contracted through WorkforceLogic More »
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Comment by VeledaAeetes: Wow, soooo horrible! 70K?! i wish! i work in an underground lab ALL day with nothing but genetically altered animals... more » | Other threads
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Customer support specialist, Fox Interactive, MySpace division
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Comment by teafordinner: @Costermonger: It is laughable that you would think IODA only has one method of content ingestion. FTP is used, and Data... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Pseudonymn: I have to call BS on this. As a current employee of Amazon.com for the past two years, I would... more » | Other threads
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Online sales and operations account manager, Google
Online sales and operations account manager — Mountain View, Google More »
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Comment by ShobhnaCheeky: Well I won't agree that Google is just another run-down-the-clock office job. It's a lot of Fun to work there... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Ben Parr: I interviewed for the job. Didn't get it, but still seems like a fun job to me. Then again, I'm... more » | Other threads
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Operations finance, analyst intern, Yahoo
Operations finance, analyst intern, Yahoo More »
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Comment by shmangle: yahoo! interns actually get paid at least double to more than triple that (depending on function and location). and on... more » | Other threads
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Comment by Richeem: @YadidEquestridomus: You might be missing part of the point here. PTG's don't actually work at Mahalo. They are at home... more » | Other threads
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