Accepted a job as a Junior System Administrator

I posted a few days back about updating my resume, and havent even gotten a chance to do it, I was sending out my old resume a few days ago, and got a call!
turns out it was for a government contractor, they offered me 38k, (pretty much just because I have a TS and sec+. they said my 2 years of experience helped some too)
but their offer was 38k with no medical (which doesn't bother me, I'm 21 and can be on my parents until I am 26, and I can also get cheap medical insurance through the Air National Guard)
so I countered saying I would like closer to 45k with no medical, and they gave me 40k. which I am great with!
so what do you guys think, Junior System Administrator, no degree, 40k a decent start?
turns out it was for a government contractor, they offered me 38k, (pretty much just because I have a TS and sec+. they said my 2 years of experience helped some too)
but their offer was 38k with no medical (which doesn't bother me, I'm 21 and can be on my parents until I am 26, and I can also get cheap medical insurance through the Air National Guard)
so I countered saying I would like closer to 45k with no medical, and they gave me 40k. which I am great with!
so what do you guys think, Junior System Administrator, no degree, 40k a decent start?
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That's what I thought, that given my experience it was definitely good pay.
I am going to soak up everything I can, I am working with a small team so I feel I will be able to learn a lot
I am just glad I'm not in a call center answering calls all day.
And junior system administrator is a cool sounding job title
I don't think I could of asked for a better entry level job
I just got home from Air Force Tech School 2 weeks ago!
21yrs old - Check
On Parents Insurance - Check
Live at home - i'm thinking check yes?
With that said I am going to advise you that $40,000 is wooooooo, bad @ss...congrats! Save Save and Save some more while you can..you will thank me later
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middle of the night because of a network problem and had to figure out the
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Thanks everyone.
I am going to try to save as much as possible
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Not even joking, this is an excellent opportunity for you professionally and personally..take advantage and look back in 5yrs and be blown away how far you have come.
Think of the 2:00 a.m. test—if you were awakened in the
middle of the night because of a network problem and had to figure out the
traffic flows in your network while you were half asleep, could you do it?
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