It seems that people think they will come out of college and start making $100k (US) or more. The reality is that no matter what job one starts with (in most cases), he/she will most likely have to put time and effort for a number of years to earn more.
It also looks as if this guy thought the field of IT was going to be different than what he expected (unless I am inferring a bit too much by his statement)
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