I've worked with grads that come out of Uni and are surprised they aren't instantly earning 6 figures as a manager.
What? I have to do programming? How much?! That isn't why I did my degree!
Most are fine, but there are still a large minority who think they can jump straight into senior management.
I even had one guy turn up, after 6 months, he still couldn't do a for-loop or a proper conditional statement. I took him aside and asked him why he was a programmer, after all, his degree was in marketing. His answer was, that grad programmers earned more and, although he wanted to work in marketing, the pay for junior grades was beneath him!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
