Bei Jing-Washington

Beijing-Washington, Inc. (1980-1982) Upon graduation, my college internship/job transitioned into full-time employment at Bei Jing-Washington, Inc. with the lofty salary of $187.50 per week, or $4.69 per hour (above the minimum wage of $3.10, for those of you keeping track). My starting title was Assistant to the President, though ultimately I became the Director of …

College Jobs

Once I got to college, summers opened up and there was the prospect of internships. Pretty much the whole time I was in college I viewed it as a sort of minimum security prison sentence — a period you had to get through in order to actually start working and making money. I was always …