thirdbIT

“MS/SQL Developer/Anal”

I swear to god I did not make this up. What, you couldn’t spare the extra three letters?

Also: why do you ask for our salary history? Do you really want to hire someone who is un-savvy enough to send you their salary history along with their resume? Do people actually provide salary history?

The Boston Globe reports that not only should I have been making about 140K for each year I’ve been a stay-at-home-mom, but that everyone wants to hire me as soon as I decide I no longer want to stay at home:

“Mothers are not only talented; they’re experienced managers, motivators, decision makers and client specialists after spending time in both the work force and as a mother,” Salary.com senior vice president Bill Coleman said in a statement.

That’s why I list hausfrau on my LinkedIn profile. Unfortunately, like most hausfraus, i am grossly underpaid.