The hourly rate you need to afford a two-bedroom apartment in every state

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(06-08-2016, 11:12 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So if you were given the choice between an intern position that would teach you a valuable skill for future employment you would pass it up in order to work at McDonalds for the exact same pay?

This makes no sense.

At this insurance company, they had two programs. When you go out and interview for the Co-Op, you take a test which rates your knowledge of Java code. If you pass with a certain grade on this test, you are offered $14.75 per hour to work there. If you didn't pass, you were offered $8.50 per hour to work there. I know of not one single person who didn't pass that stuck around to make the $1.75 over minimum wage. They went to a different Co-Op which would offer more than the $8.50 an hour.

If this insurance company wants the best working for them and the best gets paid the same as those who don't know basic Java, they will not get the best or those who can actually do the work they need done. The best will go where there is more money or work an entry level easy job that takes no energy and just take on extra classes to get through school faster.

I guess the insurance can try to get the best to intern for them by offering minimum wage, but they will fail.