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Young freelancers / entrepreneurs aren’t more courageous nor daring than others
They’re just able to see the bigger picture.
When I just graduated from a business school, I got offered a job in digital marketing for a big company. I was, indeed, part of the lucky few that got offered a job as they were finishing their studies.
But here is why I declined it: I live in Paris — which is, as you may know, a very expensive city to live in — and that job was going to pay me €20k a year. And believe me, with that amount of money, you cannot live a decent life in a city like Paris. In fact, you cannot even rent a place in Paris itself with such a low income.
But it was pretty much the only job offer I got so far. It was in a field that I liked, in a company that I liked (and worked for before). And as far as looking for other job offers, every other company seemed very demanding in terms of interns but it was seriously so rare to spot a single job offer in that field. And absolutely none of them were paying well.
