throwAwayXYZ69

I really can't see how someone would live with 33k in Paris (before taxes).

According to you what is a good salaries grid ?

I just want to attest how true this is.

Exercise is amazing, once you have done it.

I try to get myself to exercise (run or gym) at least 4 days a week, but some days are harder than others.

Best of luck man!

I'm in no position to be giving life advice, but for what it's worth:

Hang in there, do what needs to be done and be pragmatic. One day you'll look back and it will all make sense.

Not really comfortable giving a name but its one of the top 10 engineering schools in the country (France).

I was indeed in the top 10% of my school. Even a smaller percentile I guess since I was on the top 2 or 3 people in my class.

But unless the job is in Paris (which is extremely expensive) I havent found anything starting close to 40k€

I know what you're talking about.

And no, not since I moved back with my parents

(I hardly know anyone in the city anymore and I haven't been feeling like going to meet people ever since I did, since I always thought of this as temporary and I would be leaving anytime)

There is a company that told me that they're still interested in me if I ever change my mind.

The job is basically building a news-web application for a client (hardly solving world hunger or any "real" problem) and the pay will be mostly enough to rent and eat.

Do you really think I should just "suck it up" and do it until something better comes in a few years?

Or should I keep sending emails?

Thanks for your response.

I think that exercise would be a good start, so I'll check the local gyms, it would also give me something to occupy me during the days.

About compensation, every piece of advice I got so far was about properly negotiating the first because it does not grow that fast (in Europe).