Of course it is low paid, it's lower than the living wage and you're hardly doing menial unskilled labour.
But crucially you're gaining work experience which will give you an edge when you start looking for jobs once you graduate (which if you've just started 3rd year you'll presumably be doing this time next year). Even if you stay in Scotland you should be able to find programming jobs paying in the ~£25k range for new STEM graduates.
Could you earn more? Yep. But probably more important if the hours are flexible, the work interesting etc.
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Of course it is low paid, it's lower than the living wage and you're hardly doing menial unskilled labour.
But crucially you're gaining work experience which will give you an edge when you start looking for jobs once you graduate (which if you've just started 3rd year you'll presumably be doing this time next year). Even if you stay in Scotland you should be able to find programming jobs paying in the ~£25k range for new STEM graduates.
Could you earn more? Yep. But probably more important if the hours are flexible, the work interesting etc.